The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 39.0 Died Jos� Humberto Paparoni † Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela

2 Oct Born Lodewijk Aerts Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium

27.2 Ordained Priest George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India

3 Oct 48.7 Appointed Guido Del Mestri † Apostolic Delegate to British Eastern and Western Africa Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

27.1 Ordained Priest Patrick Nair † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India

41.8 Ordained Bishop Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. † Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

55.5 Died Peter Wang Muduo (Wang Mu-to) † Bishop of Xuanhua [S�anhwa], China

Born Stefan Zekorn Auxiliary Bishop of M�nster, Germany

4 Oct 41.2 Ordained Bishop Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik † Titular Bishop of Rhandus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ł�dź, Poland

25.1 Ordained Priest Fabio de Jes�s Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R. Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

25.0 Ordained Deacon Franc Rod�, C.M. Deacon of Congregation of the Mission Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

27.2 Ordained Priest Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Louis du S�n�gal

6 Oct 38.7 Selected Cyrille Emmanuel Benni † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

7 Oct 84.3 Died Anton Akšamović † Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia

8 Oct 44.4 Appointed Florentino de Andrade e Silva † Apostolic Administrator of Porto, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal

9 Oct 45.3 Died Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Pando, Bolivia

Born Lucio Andrice Muandula Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique

Born Rudolf Voderholzer Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

10 Oct 44.8 Appointed Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

44.8 Appointed Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Titular Bishop of Giufi Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

11 Oct 40.9 Ordained Bishop Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. † Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

29.7 Ordained Priest Raymond Mwanyika † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania

46.8 Ordained Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

47.9 Ordained Bishop Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Termessus Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

12 Oct 54.1 Appointed Stjepan B�uerlein † Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia

82.2 Resigned Giuseppe Pizzardo † Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities

53.3 Appointed Giuseppe Siri † President of the Italian Episcopal Conference Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy

13 Oct Born Charles John Brown Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

Born Rudolf Pierskała Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

15 Oct 65.9 Died Pranciskus Ramanauskas † Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania

16 Oct 51.7 Appointed Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock † Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military Bishop Emeritus

Born James Vann Johnston, Jr. Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

17 Oct 64.4 Appointed Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Titular Archbishop of Pessinus Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

64.4 Resigned Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain

44.4 Appointed Elizeu Sim�es Mendes † Bishop of Campo Mour�o, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 Oct 47.4 Appointed Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. † Abbot General of Order of Saint Benedict Abbot General Emeritus

48.7 Ordained Bishop Jolando Nuzzi † Titular Bishop of Emma�s Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy

45.8 Ordained Bishop Alfred Pichler † Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

19 Oct Born Mario de Jes�s �lvarez G�mez Bishop of Istmina-Tad�, Colombia

20 Oct 50.1 Resigned Jos� Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

21 Oct 19.3 Entered Pietro Bovati, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Commission

Born S�rgio da Rocha Cardinal, Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

48.6 Appointed Wincenty Urban † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

48.6 Appointed Wincenty Urban † Titular Bishop of Abitinae Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

23 Oct 49.1 Appointed St�phane Bello, O.A.O.C. † Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria

38.8 Confirmed Cyrille Emmanuel Benni † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

53.2 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

48.7 Appointed Jos� Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. † Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru

68.6 Appointed Pietro Parente † Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

68.6 Appointed Pietro Parente † Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

45.8 Appointed Joseph Elias Tawil † Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

45.8 Confirmed Joseph Elias Tawil † Patriarchal Vicar Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA

24 Oct Born Martin Hayes Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

52.0 Appointed Ra�l Silva Henr�quez, S.D.B. † Bishop of Valpara�so, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

Born Francesco Antonio Soddu Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

25 Oct 73.1 Ordained Bishop Ferdinando Baldelli † Titular Bishop of Aperlae President of the Roman Curia - Other

70.7 Installed Antonio Caggiano † Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.8 Ordained Bishop Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † Bishop of Tul�ar, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

42.4 Ordained Bishop Augusto Carvalho † Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.6 Ordained Bishop Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Cibyra Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

49.2 Ordained Bishop Alberto Frederico Etges † Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Ordained Bishop Tadeusz Etter † Titular Bishop of Bonitza Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

23.5 Ordained Priest Ram�n Godinez Flores † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico Bishop of Aguascalientes, M�xico

37.5 Ordained Bishop Georges Layek † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria

24.0 Ordained Priest Rafael Francisco Mart�nez S�inz † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26 Oct 76.1 Died Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka † Bishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan

Born Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr. Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Oct Born Michal Janocha Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

28 Oct 23.6 Ordained Priest Alejandro Jim�nez Lafeble † Priest of Talca, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile

29 Oct 78.2 Died Oct�vio Augusto Chagas de Miranda † Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil

45.3 Selected Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Abbot Emeritus

31 Oct Born Jos� Miguel Asimbaya Moreno Bishop of Ecuador, Military

58.9 Appointed Thomas Joseph Riley † Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Thomas Joseph Riley † Titular Bishop of Regiae Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

48.2 Appointed Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. † Apostolic Administrator of Amos, Qu�bec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Qu�bec, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	39.0	Died	Jos� Humberto Paparoni †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
2 Oct		Born	Lodewijk Aerts		Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
27.2	Ordained Priest	George Marian Anathil, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Bishop Emeritus of Indore, India
3 Oct	48.7	Appointed	Guido Del Mestri †	Apostolic Delegate to British Eastern and Western Africa	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
27.1	Ordained Priest	Patrick Nair †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
41.8	Ordained Bishop	Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
55.5	Died	Peter Wang Muduo (Wang Mu-to) †	Bishop of Xuanhua [S�anhwa], China
	Born	Stefan Zekorn		Auxiliary Bishop of M�nster, Germany
4 Oct	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan-Wawrzyniec Kulik †	Titular Bishop of Rhandus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ł�dź, Poland
25.1	Ordained Priest	Fabio de Jes�s Morales Grisales, C.Ss.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
25.0	Ordained Deacon	Franc Rod�, C.M.	Deacon of Congregation of the Mission	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
27.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Sagna, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Louis du S�n�gal
6 Oct	38.7	Selected	Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
7 Oct	84.3	Died	Anton Akšamović †	Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
8 Oct	44.4	Appointed	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Apostolic Administrator of Porto, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal
9 Oct	45.3	Died	Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Pando, Bolivia
	Born	Lucio Andrice Muandula		Bishop of Xai-Xai, Mozambique
	Born	Rudolf Voderholzer		Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
10 Oct	44.8	Appointed	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
44.8	Appointed	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
11 Oct	40.9	Ordained Bishop	Edilberto Dinkelborg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
29.7	Ordained Priest	Raymond Mwanyika †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Njombe, Tanzania
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Michel Ntuyahaga †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
47.9	Ordained Bishop	Honorato Piazera, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Termessus	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
12 Oct	54.1	Appointed	Stjepan B�uerlein †	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia	Bishop of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia
82.2	Resigned	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
53.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Siri †	President of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova-Bobbio, Italy
13 Oct		Born	Charles John Brown		Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
	Born	Rudolf Pierskała		Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
15 Oct	65.9	Died	Pranciskus Ramanauskas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
16 Oct	51.7	Appointed	Francisco Javier Gillmore Stock †	Vicar Apostolic of Chile, Military	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	James Vann Johnston, Jr.		Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
17 Oct	64.4	Appointed	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
64.4	Resigned	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
44.4	Appointed	Elizeu Sim�es Mendes †	Bishop of Campo Mour�o, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Oct	47.4	Appointed	Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot General of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot General Emeritus
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Jolando Nuzzi †	Titular Bishop of Emma�s	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
45.8	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Pichler †	Bishop of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 Oct		Born	Mario de Jes�s �lvarez G�mez		Bishop of Istmina-Tad�, Colombia
20 Oct	50.1	Resigned	Jos� Lecuona Labandibar, I.E.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Jorge, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
21 Oct	19.3	Entered	Pietro Bovati, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
	Born	S�rgio da Rocha		Cardinal, Archbishop of S�o Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
48.6	Appointed	Wincenty Urban †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
48.6	Appointed	Wincenty Urban †	Titular Bishop of Abitinae	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
23 Oct	49.1	Appointed	St�phane Bello, O.A.O.C. †	Bishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Chaldean), Syria
38.8	Confirmed	Cyrille Emmanuel Benni †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
53.2	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Coadjutor Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
48.7	Appointed	Jos� Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. †	Prefect of San Francisco Javier, Peru
68.6	Appointed	Pietro Parente †	Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Thebaide	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
68.6	Appointed	Pietro Parente †	Official of the Congregation of the Holy Office	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
45.8	Appointed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Titular Archbishop of Myra dei Greco-Melkiti	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
45.8	Confirmed	Joseph Elias Tawil †	Patriarchal Vicar	Eparch Emeritus of Newton (Our Lady of the Annunciation in Boston) (Melkite Greek), USA
24 Oct		Born	Martin Hayes		Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
52.0	Appointed	Ra�l Silva Henr�quez, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Valpara�so, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
	Born	Francesco Antonio Soddu		Bishop of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
25 Oct	73.1	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Baldelli †	Titular Bishop of Aperlae	President of the Roman Curia - Other
70.7	Installed	Antonio Caggiano †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †	Bishop of Tul�ar, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Augusto Carvalho †	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cibyra	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Frederico Etges †	Bishop of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Tadeusz Etter †	Titular Bishop of Bonitza	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
23.5	Ordained Priest	Ram�n Godinez Flores †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico	Bishop of Aguascalientes, M�xico
37.5	Ordained Bishop	Georges Layek †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Armenian), Syria
24.0	Ordained Priest	Rafael Francisco Mart�nez S�inz †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, M�xico	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26 Oct	76.1	Died	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Bishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
	Born	Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, M. Afr.		Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Oct		Born	Michal Janocha		Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
28 Oct	23.6	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Jim�nez Lafeble †	Priest of Talca, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valdivia, Chile
29 Oct	78.2	Died	Oct�vio Augusto Chagas de Miranda †	Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil
45.3	Selected	Raymund (Franz Julius) Tschudi (Tschudy), O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Abbot Emeritus
31 Oct		Born	Jos� Miguel Asimbaya Moreno		Bishop of Ecuador, Military
58.9	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Riley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Riley †	Titular Bishop of Regiae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
48.2	Appointed	Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. †	Apostolic Administrator of Amos, Qu�bec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Qu�bec, Canada

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