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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 Brezan?czy †	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	Andr? 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
	66.2	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 L? 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 Medell?n, Colombia	Bishop of Monter?a, 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 Caron?, 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
	18.3	Entered	Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Corf?, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
	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
	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	66.2	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	66.1	Born	Josaf? Menezes da Silva	Archbishop of Aracaj?, Sergipe, Brazil
	66.1	Born	Prudencio Padilla Andaya Jr., C.I.C.M.	Bishop of Cabanatuan, Philippines
	66.1	Born	Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez	Archbishop of Puerto Montt, Chile
4 Jan	66.1	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	Rapha?l Bayan, I.C.P.B. †	Titular Bishop of Taua	Bishop Emeritus of Iskanderiya {Alexandria} (Armenian), Egypt
	39.4	Ordained Bishop	Jos? Gabriel Calder?n 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	66.1	Born	Santiago Olivera	Bishop of Argentina, Military
7 Jan	66.1	Born	Marcel Utembi Tapa	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
8 Jan	66.1	Born	Jos? Mar?a Bali?a	Auxiliary Bishop of Chascom?s, Argentina
	44.3	Appointed	Alfonso Niehues †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Florian?polis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	44.3	Appointed	Alfonso Niehues †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Archbishop Emeritus of Florian?polis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	46.5	Appointed	Manuel Tavares de Ara?jo †	Bishop of Caic?, 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	Jos? 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 L?bano-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 Potos?, 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	66.1	Born	Giovane Pereira de Melo	Bishop of Aragua?na, Tocatins, Brazil
17 Jan	66.1	Born	Andrés Arteaga Manieu	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
	66.4	Appointed	Felipe Benito Condur? Pacheco †	Titular Bishop of Decoriana	Bishop Emeritus of Parna?ba, Piaui, Brazil
	66.4	Resigned	Felipe Benito Condur? Pacheco †	Bishop of Parna?ba, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	66.1	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 Ara?jo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	34.4	Appointed	Serafim Fernandes de Ara?jo †	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	66.1	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
	66.1	Born	Krzysztof Kukulka, O.F.M. Conv.	Superior Emeritus of Uzbekistan
	66.1	Born	Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva, S.D.B.	Bishop of Jaboticabal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
21 Jan	66.1	Born	Miguel Romano G?mez	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
22 Jan	66.1	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
	66.1	Born	Jes?s Ruiz Molina, M.C.C.I.	Bishop of Mba?ki, 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 B?i Chu Tạo †	Vicar Apostolic of Phát Diêm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
	50.0	Appointed	Paul B?i 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	66.1	Born	Alejandro Daniel Giorgi	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	22.1	Perpetual Vows	Fragk?skos Papaman?lis, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Jos? 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
	66.1	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	Jos? Mar?a 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	66.1	Born	Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
30 Jan	66.1	Born	Brian Gregory Mascord	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia
31 Jan	66.1	Born	Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho	Bishop of Coroat?, 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
	66.1	Born	Sandro Overend Rigillo, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

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