The Year of Our Lord 1961

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	52.3	Resigned	János Bárd †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.5	Appointed	William Dennis Buckley, O.S.F.S. †	Superior General of Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
	58.6	Elected	Basil Edward Christopher Butler, O.S.B. †	President of Order of Saint Benedict	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	28.9	Final Vows	Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
	37.5	Incardinated	René Henry Gracida	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
		Died	Pasquale de Martino, S.X. †	Prefect of Padang, Indonesia
	21.7	Professed	Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Alindao, Central African Republic
	50.3	Appointed	Edoardo Pecoraio †	Under Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Apostolic Nuncio
	44.2	Appointed	Ioánnis Perrís †	Apostolic Administrator of Chios (Scio), Greece	Archbishop Emeritus of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
	55.6	Resigned	Luigi Punzolo †	Apostolic Nuncio to Panama	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
		Born	Methodius Qu Ailin		Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
	26.6	Final Vows	Hermann Raich, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
	45.7	Appointed	José Rincón Bonilla †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	45.8	Ceased	Domingo Roa Pérez †	Apostolic Administrator of San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
		Born	Joseph Shen Guo’an		Former Bishop-Elect of Hankow [Hankou], China
	27.1	Professed	Georges Pierre Soubrier, P.S.S.	Priest of Society of Priests of Saint Sulpice	Bishop Emeritus of Nantes, France
	76.3	Ceased	Mihael Toros †	Apostolic Administrator of Trieste e Capodistria (Trst i Koper), Italy	Apostolic Administrator of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy
	19.2	Entered	Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
		Born	John Wang Ruowang		Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
	51.6	Appointed	Lino Zanini †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
1 Jan		Born	Antônio Braz Benevente		Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
		Born	Ettore Dotti, C.S.F.		Bishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Frederick D’Souza †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Jhansi, India
		Born	Tomás López Durán		Auxiliary Bishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
		Born	Yanuarius Teofilus Matopai You		Bishop of Jayapura, Indonesia
		Born	Francesco Sirufo		Archbishop of Acerenza, Italy
		Born	Matthew Yitiereh		Bishop of Yendi, Ghana
2 Jan	56.7	Resigned	Hubertus Hermens, S.V.D. †	Prefect of Denpasar, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
3 Jan	56.9	Appointed	Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †	Bishop of Malang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	50.4	Appointed	Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.C. †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
	43.9	Appointed	Wilhelmus Joannes (Guillaume Jean) Demarteau, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
	66.8	Appointed	Adrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. †	Archbishop of Djakarta, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Joseph-Delphis Des Rosiers, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus
	71.3	Appointed	Jacques Grent, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	47.9	Appointed	Peter Han Kong-ryel †	Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
	47.9	Appointed	Peter Han Kong-ryel †	Titular Bishop of Sagalassus	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
	49.5	Appointed	Jan Antonius Klooster, C.M. †	Bishop of Surabaia, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Surabaya, Indonesia
	56.0	Appointed	Emanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
	47.3	Appointed	Gabriel Wilhelmus Manek, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Endeh, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	64.8	Appointed	Henri Martin Mekkelholt, S.C.I. †	Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
	58.0	Appointed	René-Georges Pailloux, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Fort Rosebery, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Mansa, Zambia
	33.4	Appointed	Ignatius Phakoe, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Leribe, Lesotho	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Appointed	Jacques Henri Romeijn, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	57.3	Appointed	Nicolas Martinus Schneiders, C.I.C.M. †	Archbishop of Makassar, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Willem Schoemaker, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	64.1	Appointed	Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. †	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
	38.7	Appointed	Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Palembang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	38.7	Appointed	Joseph Hubertus Soudant, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Tadamata	Bishop Emeritus of Palembang, Indonesia
	54.6	Appointed	Antoine Hubert Thijssen, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	Wilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
	53.7	Appointed	Antoine Henri van den Hurk, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of Medan, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
	51.3	Appointed	Theodorus van den Tillaart, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	Nicolas Pierre van der Westen, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Pangkal-Pinang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	64.5	Appointed	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Manado, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
4 Jan	48.8	Ordained Bishop	David Monas Maloney †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop Emeritus of Wichita, Kansas, USA
6 Jan	76.5	Died	Konštantín Bohačevskyj †	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
7 Jan	45.2	Installed	Manuel José Bernardino Piñera Carvallo †	Bishop of Temuco, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
8 Jan	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Stefan Bareła †	Titular Bishop of Hyllarima	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
	32.6	Ordained Priest	Urbanus Joseph Kioko †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Machakos, Kenya
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony Theodore Lobo †	Priest of Karachi, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
		Born	João Muniz Alves, O.F.M.		Bishop of Xingu-Altamira, Para, Brazil
	50.8	Installed	Carlos Parteli Keller †	Bishop of Tacuarembó, Uruguay	Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
	41.9	Installed	Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Jan	82.3	Died	Rémy-Louis Leprêtre, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to Syria
10 Jan	25.3	Ordained Deacon	Benigno Luigi Papa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Taranto, Italy
11 Jan	25.2	Ordained Priest	Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Pyay, Myanmar
12 Jan		Born	Antoine Chbeir		Bishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
	55.1	Ordained Bishop	Karl Gnädinger †	Titular Bishop of Celerina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Ioánnis Perrís †	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
13 Jan		Born	Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez, M.S.C.		Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
14 Jan		Born	Juan Antonio Aznárez Cobo		Archbishop of Spain, Military
14 Jan	26.3	Professed	Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
16 Jan	56.8	Appointed	Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
	56.8	Appointed	Fernand-Pierre-Robert Bézac des Martinies †	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Aire et Dax, France
	69.1	Elevated to Cardinal	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	61.8	Elevated to Cardinal	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
		Born	Alain Jean Louis Guellec		Bishop of Montauban, France
	53.2	Appointed	José Rafael Pulido Méndez †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela	Archbishop
	53.2	Appointed	José Rafael Pulido Méndez †	Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus	Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela
	58.3	Appointed	José Humberto Quintero Parra †	Cardinal-Priest of Santi Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	58.3	Elevated to Cardinal	José Humberto Quintero Parra †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
	68.4	Appointed	Joseph Elmer Ritter †	Cardinal-Priest of Santissimo Redentore e Sant’Alfonso in Via Merulana	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	68.4	Elevated to Cardinal	Joseph Elmer Ritter †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
	45.9	Appointed	Domingo Roa Pérez †	Bishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Maracaibo, Venezuela
	45.2	Appointed	Miguel Antonio Salas Salas, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Calabozo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus of Mérida, Venezuela
17 Jan	44.1	Appointed	Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	24.5	Professed	Luis Sáinz Hinojosa, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
18 Jan		Born	Jean-Christophore Amade Aloma, M. Afr.		Bishop of Kalemie-Kirungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Émile Charbonneau †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Bishop Emeritus of Hull, Québec, Canada
	62.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
	62.2	Resigned	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	47.7	Appointed	Vittorio Moietta †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
		Born	Ariel Edgardo Torrado Mosconi		Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina
	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Raymond Windle †	Titular Bishop of Uzita	Bishop Emeritus of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
	46.5	Appointed	Karmelo Zazinović †	Auxiliary Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Karmelo Zazinović †	Titular Bishop of Lebessus	Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
19 Jan	55.6	Appointed	Francesco Carpino †	Official of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	55.6	Appointed	Francesco Carpino †	Titular Archbishop of Serdica	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
	53.4	Appointed	Alberto Castelli †	Titular Archbishop of Rhusium	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
	69.1	Appointed	Luis Concha Córdoba †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
	77.7	Appointed	Armand Coupel †	Titular Bishop of Ingila	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
	77.7	Retired	Armand Coupel †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop Emeritus
	61.8	Appointed	Giuseppe Antonio Ferretto †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
	22.4	Ordained Priest	Djibrail Kassab	Priest of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney (Chaldean), Australia
	50.7	Appointed	François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop Emeritus
	62.2	Appointed	Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †	Prelate of Marbel, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
	62.2	Appointed	Charles Quentin Bertram Olwell, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
	53.6	Appointed	Vicente Posada Reyes †	Bishop of Borongan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Cabanatuan, Philippines
20 Jan		Born	Vincent Alexandre Édouard Élie Jordy		Archbishop of Tours, France
21 Jan	62.9	Installed	Francesco Fasola †	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
	53.4	Appointed	Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.4	Appointed	Theodorus Gerardus Antonius Hendriksen †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Utrecht, Netherlands
		Born	Raphael p’Mony Wokorach, M.C.C.I.		Archbishop of Gulu, Uganda
	77.9	Died	Heinrich Wienken †	Bishop Emeritus of Meißen (Meissen), Germany
22 Jan	25.0	Ordained Priest	Vartan Achkarian, C.A.M. †	Priest of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
	39.8	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Nguyễn Kim Ðiễn, P.F.J. †	Bishop of Cần Thơ, Viet Nam	Archbishop of Huế, Viet Nam
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Michel Nguyễn Khắc Ngữ †	Bishop of Long Xuyên, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	54.8	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện †	Bishop of Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Trần Văn Thiện †	Bishop of Mỹ Tho, Viet Nam
23 Jan	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †	Titular Bishop of Pomaria	Archbishop Emeritus of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
25 Jan		Born	Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell		Bishop of Bo, Sierra Leone
27 Jan	62.3	Died	Silvino Martínez †	Bishop of Rosario, Argentina
28 Jan	42.6	Appointed	Vicente de Paulo Araújo Matos †	Bishop of Crato, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	50.9	Appointed	José Bezerra Coutinho †	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	55.8	Died	Joseph Streidt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
	37.6	Incardinated	David Bernard Thompson †	Priest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
	79.3	Died	Paul Wang Wen-cheng (Uamuencem) †	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
29 Jan	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Tito Mancini †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ostia, Italy
	80.5	Died	Arcangelo Mazzotti, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
		Born	Samson Shukardin, O.F.M.		Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
	74.0	Died	Johannes Christianus Vrakking, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
30 Jan		Born	Peter Loy Chong		Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
31 Jan		Born	Gustavo Manuel Larrazábal, C.M.F.		Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
31 Jan	29.0	Ordained Priest	Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki †	Priest of Nairobi, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus

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