The Year of Our Lord 1962

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Feb 56.8 Appointed Joseph William Regan, M.M. † Prelate of Tagum, Philippines Prelate Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Joseph William Regan, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Isinda Prelate Emeritus of Tagum, Philippines

2 Feb 49.8 Ordained Bishop Gerald Emmett Carter † Titular Bishop of Altiburus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

42.5 Final Vows Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

Born Francisco César García Magán Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain

Born Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi

22.3 Professed José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I. Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil

3 Feb 37.3 Appointed Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. † Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

38.4 Appointed Antonio Quarracino † Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

4 Feb 36.7 Installed José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago † Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Ordained Bishop Jan Wosinski † Titular Bishop of Abaradira Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland

5 Feb Born David Joseph Bonnar Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

80.1 Died Gaetano Cicognani † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Born Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil

6 Feb 72.7 Died Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia † Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

8 Feb 55.3 Died Vivian Anthony Dyer † Archbishop of Calcutta, India

41.1 Appointed Pedro Filipak † Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil

9 Feb 88.5 Appointed Bl. Teofilius Matulionis † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania Bishop

10 Feb 42.7 Appointed Marco Caliaro, C.S. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

42.7 Appointed Marco Caliaro, C.S. † Titular Bishop of Tamiathis Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy

27.2 Ordained Priest Oscar Valero Cruz † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

49.5 Appointed John Gordon † Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum Apostolic Nuncio

49.5 Appointed John Gordon † Apostolic Delegate to Thailand and the Malacca Peninsula Apostolic Nuncio

71.3 Appointed Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena † Titular Bishop of Apollonis Bishop Emeritus of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

11 Feb 27.5 Ordained Priest Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti

26.2 Ordained Priest Anthony Hampden Dickson † Priest of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles

42.9 Ordained Bishop Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Cyparissia Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia

25.4 Ordained Priest Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia

49.8 Ordained Bishop Paolo Ghizzoni † Titular Bishop of Thenae Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

51.9 Ordained Bishop Pawel Latusek † Titular Bishop of Anineta Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

44.7 Ordained Bishop Théophile Mbemba † Titular Archbishop of Tubia Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

12 Feb 78.5 Appointed Fernando Cento † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus

71.1 Died Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland † Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina

74.2 Appointed Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. † Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

13 Feb 80.5 Died Salvatore Baccarini, C. R. † Archbishop of Capua, Italy

40.8 Resigned Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. † Prefect of Parakou, Benin Prefect Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Manuel Nunes Gabriel † Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda, Angola Archbishop Emeritus

49.1 Appointed Manuel Nunes Gabriel † Titular Archbishop of Methymna Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

54.1 Appointed André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Prefect of Parakou, Benin Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

54.1 Appointed André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin

15 Feb 72.9 Died Aloisius Joseph Muench † Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

18 Feb 23.2 Ordained Priest Patrick Altham Kelly Priest of Lancaster, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

19 Feb 48.9 Appointed Doroteo Fernández y Fernández † Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz, Spain Bishop Emeritus

53.3 Appointed Luis Franco Cascón, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain Bishop Emeritus

50.8 Appointed Paul John Hallinan † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

59.9 Appointed Joseph Thomas McGucken † Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus

83.5 Died William David O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

73.2 Died Agostino Saba † Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

21 Feb Born Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.I. Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)

22 Feb 55.7 Appointed Antonio Rosario Mennonna † Bishop of Nardò, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born Ivo Muser Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

44.5 Ordained Bishop Ernest Leo Unterkoefler † Titular Bishop of Latopolis Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA

24 Feb 53.5 Appointed Joseph Amihere Essuah † Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana

53.1 Appointed Augusto Fermo Azzolini, S.X. † Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges, France Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

53.1 Appointed Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † Titular Bishop of Eutyme Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France

50.3 Ordained Bishop Artemio Gabriel Casas † Bishop of Imus, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

41.0 Appointed Hyacinthe Thiandoum † Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

25 Feb 41.2 Ordained Bishop Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria

Born Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal Bishop of Indore, India

49.5 Installed Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager † Bishop of Meaux, France Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France

Born Michael Mulhall Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

26 Feb 42.3 Appointed Jerzy Karol Ablewicz † Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

Born Ferdinand Dkhar Bishop of Jowai, India

Born Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona Bishop of Ica, Peru

27 Feb 68.9 Died José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. † Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil

51.7 Appointed Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski † Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Appointed Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski † Titular Bishop of Assus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

28 Feb 64.2 Succeeded Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † Bishop of Laval, France Bishop Emeritus

69.1 Appointed Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau † Titular Bishop of Ausafa Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

69.1 Resigned Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau † Bishop of Laval, France Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Feb	56.8	Appointed	Joseph William Regan, M.M. †	Prelate of Tagum, Philippines	Prelate Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Joseph William Regan, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Isinda	Prelate Emeritus of Tagum, Philippines
2 Feb	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Titular Bishop of Altiburus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
42.5	Final Vows	Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
	Born	Francisco César García Magán		Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
	Born	Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M.		Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi
22.3	Professed	José Nelson Westrupp, S.C.I.	Member of Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	Bishop Emeritus of Santo André, Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 Feb	37.3	Appointed	Aloísio Leo Arlindo Lorscheider, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
38.4	Appointed	Antonio Quarracino †	Bishop of Nueve de Julio, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 Feb	36.7	Installed	José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago †	Bishop of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Jan Wosinski †	Titular Bishop of Abaradira	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
5 Feb		Born	David Joseph Bonnar		Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
80.1	Died	Gaetano Cicognani †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	Born	Meron Mazur, O.S.B.M.		Bishop of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis (Ukrainian), Parana, Brazil
6 Feb	72.7	Died	Teodosio Clemente de Gouveia †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
8 Feb	55.3	Died	Vivian Anthony Dyer †	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
41.1	Appointed	Pedro Filipak †	Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana, Brazil
9 Feb	88.5	Appointed	Bl. Teofilius Matulionis †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania	Bishop
10 Feb	42.7	Appointed	Marco Caliaro, C.S. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
42.7	Appointed	Marco Caliaro, C.S. †	Titular Bishop of Tamiathis	Bishop Emeritus of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Italy
27.2	Ordained Priest	Oscar Valero Cruz †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
49.5	Appointed	John Gordon †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum	Apostolic Nuncio
49.5	Appointed	John Gordon †	Apostolic Delegate to Thailand and the Malacca Peninsula	Apostolic Nuncio
71.3	Appointed	Rodolfo das Mercés de Oliveira Pena †	Titular Bishop of Apollonis	Bishop Emeritus of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 Feb	27.5	Ordained Priest	Frantz Colímon, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
26.2	Ordained Priest	Anthony Hampden Dickson †	Priest of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cyparissia	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
25.4	Ordained Priest	Germán Garcia Isaza, C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Ghizzoni †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Pawel Latusek †	Titular Bishop of Anineta	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Théophile Mbemba †	Titular Archbishop of Tubia	Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
12 Feb	78.5	Appointed	Fernando Cento †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
71.1	Died	Zenobio Lorenzo Guilland †	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
74.2	Appointed	Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. †	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
13 Feb	80.5	Died	Salvatore Baccarini, C. R. †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
40.8	Resigned	Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Parakou, Benin	Prefect Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Luanda, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus
49.1	Appointed	Manuel Nunes Gabriel †	Titular Archbishop of Methymna	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
54.1	Appointed	André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Parakou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
54.1	Appointed	André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
15 Feb	72.9	Died	Aloisius Joseph Muench †	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
18 Feb	23.2	Ordained Priest	Patrick Altham Kelly	Priest of Lancaster, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
19 Feb	48.9	Appointed	Doroteo Fernández y Fernández †	Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
53.3	Appointed	Luis Franco Cascón, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
50.8	Appointed	Paul John Hallinan †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
59.9	Appointed	Joseph Thomas McGucken †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
83.5	Died	William David O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
73.2	Died	Agostino Saba †	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
21 Feb		Born	Claudio Lurati, M.C.C.I.		Vicar Apostolic of Alexandria of Egypt {Alessandria di Egitto} (-Eliopoli di Egitto-Port-Said)
22 Feb	55.7	Appointed	Antonio Rosario Mennonna †	Bishop of Nardò, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Ivo Muser		Bishop of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Ernest Leo Unterkoefler †	Titular Bishop of Latopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA
24 Feb	53.5	Appointed	Joseph Amihere Essuah †	Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana	Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
53.1	Appointed	Augusto Fermo Azzolini, S.X. †	Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bourges, France	Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
53.1	Appointed	Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg †	Titular Bishop of Eutyme	Bishop Emeritus of Valence (-Die-Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Artemio Gabriel Casas †	Bishop of Imus, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
41.0	Appointed	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †	Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25 Feb	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria
	Born	Thomas Mathew Kuttimackal		Bishop of Indore, India
49.5	Installed	Jacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †	Bishop of Meaux, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	Born	Michael Mulhall		Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
26 Feb	42.3	Appointed	Jerzy Karol Ablewicz †	Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
	Born	Ferdinand Dkhar		Bishop of Jowai, India
	Born	Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona		Bishop of Ica, Peru
27 Feb	68.9	Died	José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil
51.7	Appointed	Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Appointed	Zygfryd Ignacy Kowalski †	Titular Bishop of Assus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
28 Feb	64.2	Succeeded	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus
69.1	Appointed	Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau †	Titular Bishop of Ausafa	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
69.1	Resigned	Maurice-Paul-Jules Rousseau †	Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus

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