The Year of Our Lord 1959

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown	64.0	Andr� Dumas, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Hakodate, Japan
unknown	78.6	Canisius Teodorus Gellings, SS.CC. †	Prefect Emeritus of Western Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land, Papua New Guinea
unknown		Cl�ment Sirgue, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Moundou, Chad
unknown	44.9	Gilberto Tapia †	Former Bishop-Elect of Guaranda, Ecuador
unknown	86.1	Francis Xavier Wang Zepu (Wang Tse-pu) †	Bishop Emeritus of Wanxian [Wanhsien], China
6 Jan	54.5	Jo�o Batista Portocarrero Costa †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
13 Jan	57.3	Henri-Alexandre Chappoulie †	Bishop of Angers, France
16 Jan	72.6	Michele Fontevecchia †	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
18 Jan	80.5	Theodor Buddenbrock, S.V.D. †	Archbishop of Lanzhou [Lanchow], China
28 Jan	67.9	Mario Bondini †	Bishop of Bertinoro, Italy
28 Jan	74.3	Jos� Mar�a Gonz�lez y Valencia †	Archbishop of Durango, M�xico
10 Feb	82.6	Giovanni Piccioni †	Bishop of Livorno, Italy
10 Feb	75.4	George Weld, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Guiana, Guyana, Antilles
13 Feb	74.7	Ambroise Leblanc, O.F.M. †	Prefect Emeritus of Urawa, Japan
18 Feb	74.2	Jeremiah Kinane †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
22 Feb	76.3	Gustave-Joseph Deswazi�res, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
28 Feb	89.7	Lorenzo Angelo Bartolomasi †	Archbishop Emeritus of Italy, Military
3 Mar	74.4	Joseph Clement Willging †	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
5 Mar	62.4	Denys Pierre Hindi� †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
13 Mar	77.8	Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabat, Morocco
2 Apr	74.5	Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus
8 Apr	45.5	Marius Macrionitis, S.J. †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
18 Apr	82.0	Mois�s Sizenando Coelho †	Archbishop of Para�ba, Brazil
18 Apr	67.0	Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19 Apr	55.8	Andr� Sorin, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
26 Apr	88.4	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
30 Apr	64.9	Edouard Ranaivo †	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
4 May	86.9	Georges-Fran�ois-Xavier-Marie Grente †	Cardinal, Bishop of Le Mans, France
4 May	80.4	Peter Janser, S.V.D. †	Prefect Emeritus of Indore, India
7 May	70.2	Crisanto Luque y S�nchez †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogot�, Colombia
7 May	64.4	Joseph-Jean-Yves Marcad� †	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
21 May	80.0	Jan (Johannes) Nepomuk Remiger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Praha {Prague}, Czechia
27 May	75.7	Jos� Mar�a Garc�a Gra�n, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
28 May	66.9	Jan Piotr Stepa †	Bishop of Tarn�w, Poland
31 May	79.1	Jules Lecouvet †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
1 Jun	73.8	Angelo Ficarra †	Bishop Emeritus of Patti, Italy
1 Jun	66.5	William Theodore Mulloy †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA
6 Jun	75.2	Carlo Falcinelli †	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
10 Jun	67.5	Job Chen Qiming (Chen Chi-ming, Chen Ki-meng), C.M. †	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
28 Jun	67.9	Bernardo Botero �lvarez, C.M. †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
28 Jun	64.8	Luis P�rez Hern�ndez, C.I.M. †	Bishop of C�cuta, Colombia
29 Jul	80.7	Anselmo Mary Catal�n, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of New Norcia, Australia
31 Jul	83.4	Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Savannah, Georgia, USA
4 Aug	79.4	Bl. Ioan Balan †	Bishop of Lugoj (Romanian), Romania
8 Aug	70.7	Ferm�n Emilio Lafitte †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
20 Aug	82.4	Alexandre Evreinoff †	Titular Archbishop of Parium
21 Aug	57.8	Rub�n Odio Herrera †	Archbishop of San Jos� de Costa Rica
24 Aug	88.6	Nicola Giannattasio †	Bishop Emeritus of Nard�, Italy
27 Aug	59.4	Joseph John Annabring †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
7 Sep	59.4	Kenneth Grant †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain
7 Sep	93.6	Alberto Vassallo di Torregrossa †	Apostolic Nuncio
9 Sep	74.8	Thomas Anthony Welch †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA
19 Sep	76.6	Paul Akl †	Titular Bishop of Laodicea in Syria per i Maroniti
20 Sep	66.6	Matthew Francis Brady †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
25 Sep	77.0	Jos� Tupinamb� da Frota †	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
30 Sep	53.6	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
1 Oct	39.0	Jos� Humberto Paparoni †	Bishop of Barcelona, Venezuela
3 Oct	55.5	Peter Wang Muduo (Wang Mu-to) †	Bishop of Xuanhua [S�anhwa], China
7 Oct	84.3	Anton Akšamović †	Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
9 Oct	45.3	Thomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Pando, Bolivia
15 Oct	65.9	Pranciskus Ramanauskas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
26 Oct	76.1	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Bishop Emeritus of Nagasaki, Japan
29 Oct	78.2	Oct�vio Augusto Chagas de Miranda †	Bishop of Pouso Alegre, Brazil
2 Nov	86.0	Federico Tedeschini †	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
5 Nov	83.7	Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shir�, Malawi
5 Nov	82.1	Vincent (George) Taylor, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA
8 Nov	76.4	Alfonso Maria de Sanctis †	Bishop of Todi, Italy
9 Nov	85.5	Giovanni Francesco Filippucci (Filippoussis) †	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
16 Nov	76.6	Gregor Ro�man †	Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
18 Nov	74.8	Henri-Marius Bernard †	Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
19 Nov	67.3	Joseph Charbonneau †	Archbishop Emeritus of Montr�al, Qu�bec, Canada
22 Nov	85.2	Joaquim Rafael Maria d’Assun��o Pitinho, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de Cabo Verde
26 Nov	70.9	Alfredo Lanfranconi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Toungoo, Myanmar
27 Nov	64.5	C�ndido Bento Maria Penso, O.P. †	Bishop of Goi�s, Brazil
29 Nov	71.9	Carlos Francisco Hanlon, C.P. †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina
3 Dec	86.2	Juozapas Skvireckas †	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
5 Dec	85.7	Henry Grey Graham †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
8 Dec	69.1	Hugh Louis Lamb †	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
8 Dec	76.6	Paolo Rostagno †	Bishop of Ivrea, Italy
11 Dec	80.8	Johannes Baptist Dietz †	Bishop Emeritus of Fulda, Germany
18 Dec	68.4	John Roderick MacDonald †	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
26 Dec	59.0	Justin Joseph McCarthy †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
29 Dec	57.5	Daniel-Auguste Lemonnier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France

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