The Year of Our Lord 1963

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Date	Age	Bishop	Title
unknown		Martinho da Silva Carvalhosa, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau
6 Jan	59.1	Carlos Alberto Arce Mas�as †	Bishop of Piura, Peru
7 Jan	71.9	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Novara, Italy
15 Jan	79.2	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
22 Jan	73.3	William Godfrey †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
Feb	74.0	Owen McPolin, S.S.C.M.E. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kwoszu, Korea (South)
1 Feb	80.3	John Francis D’Alton †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
1 Feb	94.4	Joaqu�n Vilallonga y Bernia, S.J. †	Superior Emeritus of Ahmedabad, India
6 Feb	91.2	Oronzo Caldarola †	Bishop Emeritus of Diano-Teggiano, Italy
12 Feb	79.8	Raboula Youssef Bakhache †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
13 Feb	69.0	Jaime Font y Andreu †	Bishop of San Sebasti�n, Spain
18 Feb	64.2	Anunciado Serafini †	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
19 Feb	85.2	Beniamino Nardone †	Secretary of the Congregation of Ceremonies
20 Feb	68.5	Alfredo Bontempi †	Rector
2 Mar	84.0	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
3 Mar	74.3	Alphonse Bossart, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ipamu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
10 Mar	71.5	Domenico Bornigia †	Bishop of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy
11 Mar	55.6	Lawrence Frederik Schott †	Auxiliary Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
19 Mar	89.2	Adalbero Joseph (Michael) Fleischer, C.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mariannhill, South Africa
20 Mar	83.2	Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt †	Cardinal, Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
25 Mar	81.0	Cl�ment Joseph Mathieu †	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France
31 Mar	60.6	Mario Ghiga †	Bishop of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
1 Apr	49.9	Vittorio Moietta †	Bishop of Nicastro, Italy
1 Apr	68.1	Laurent Sahag Koguian (Kogy), C.M.Vd. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon
11 Apr	68.6	Josef Freundorfer †	Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
18 Apr	78.4	Raffaele De Giuli †	Bishop of Albenga, Italy
24 Apr	89.5	Paul-Jules-Narcisse R�mond †	Bishop of Nice, France
26 Apr	58.4	Johann Werner Lesinski, O.P. †	Bishop of Changting [Tingchow], China
9 May	78.4	Bl. Alexandru Rusu †	Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
9 May	84.4	Jean-Marie Vittoz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France
13 May	77.9	Alois Hudal †	Titular Bishop of Aela
14 May	67.8	Paul Tkotsch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
19 May	78.0	Pio de Freitas Silveira, C.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
21 May	70.2	Roberto Jos� Tavella, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
24 May	92.8	Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
29 May	63.7	Jos� Maria Cavallero †	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
29 May	65.7	In�cio Jo�o Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Guaxup�, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 Jun	81.5	St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
10 Jun	61.5	F�lix Guiller †	Bishop Emeritus of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), France
14 Jun	81.4	Luciano P�rez Platero †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
16 Jun	49.4	Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Ays�n, Chile
20 Jun	93.3	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Bishop of N�mes (-Uz�s e Al�s), France
20 Jun	72.3	John Francis Norton †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
24 Jun	57.6	Ju�n Maria Riofrio, O.P. †	Bishop of Loja, Ecuador
27 Jun	74.3	James Staunton †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
1 Jul	47.1	Luiz Felipe de Nadal †	Bishop of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4 Jul	86.1	Leontios Kilzi, B.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bāniyās (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
5 Jul	82.8	Nicola Maria di Girolamo †	Bishop of Caiazzo, Italy
6 Jul	54.5	Zdzisław Goliński †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
6 Jul	63.1	Anton Vovk †	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
15 Jul	53.3	Pier Giorgio Chiappero, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
16 Jul	68.1	Gerald Patrick Aloysius O’Hara †	Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain
19 Jul	76.2	Joseph L�szl� Lombos, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Baojing [Paoking, Shaoyang], China
20 Jul	76.8	Ferdinando Baldelli †	President of the Roman Curia - Other
20 Jul	85.0	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
22 Jul	68.6	Donald Alphonsus Campbell †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
22 Jul	66.6	Albert Soegijapranata, S.J. †	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
22 Jul	79.7	Valerio Valeri †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
25 Jul	71.9	Edwin Vincent Byrne †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
26 Jul	70.8	Gabriele Arosio, P.I.M.E. †	Prefect Emeritus of Neghelli, Ethiopia
1 Aug	87.8	Jos� Carta�a y Ingl�s †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain
3 Aug	82.6	Joseph Gotthardt, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia
5 Aug	55.9	Giuseppe Piazzi †	Bishop of Bergamo, Italy
13 Aug	67.6	Jean Ghislain Delcuve, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Ubanghi Belga {Belgian Ubanghi}, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 Aug	76.8	Jos� Mar�a Preciado y Nieva, C.M.F. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dari�n, Panama
16 Aug	61.6	Pierre Duhart, M.E.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Jilin [Kirin], China
17 Aug	88.9	Domingo Comin, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of M�ndez, Ecuador
17 Aug	65.4	Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
19 Aug	82.2	Antonio Bento Martins J�nior †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
19 Aug	72.7	Alphonse Joseph Matthysen (Matthijsen), M. Afr. †	Bishop of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
20 Aug	75.3	Pierre-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Douillard †	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
26 Aug	90.1	Maurice-Bernard-Beno�t-Joseph Despatures, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
26 Aug	68.3	Czesław Kaczmarek †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
31 Aug	85.3	Leopoldo Eijo y Garay †	Bishop of Madrid, Spain
5 Sep	78.1	Fran�ois Faroud, S.M.A. †	Prefect Emeritus of Parakou, Benin
15 Sep	85.6	Joseph Diss, S.M.A. †	Prefect Emeritus of Korhogo, C�te d’Ivoire
18 Sep	82.8	Zacar�as de Vizcarra y Arana †	Titular Bishop of Eressus
8 Oct	76.3	Gioacchino Di Leo †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
8 Oct	59.0	Salvatore Siino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
9 Oct	58.1	Leo Richard Smith †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
13 Oct	75.3	Sebastiano Briacca †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
15 Oct	62.0	Domenico Vendola †	Bishop Emeritus of Lucera, Italy
19 Oct	81.1	Aurelio Macedonio Guerrero †	Archbishop Emeritus of Trujillo, Peru
19 Oct	76.1	Ranulfo da Silva Farias †	Archbishop of Macei�, Alagoas, Brazil
21 Oct	77.1	Herman Joseph Meysing, O.M.I. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bloemfontein, South Africa
30 Oct	80.2	Francisco Beckmann, C.M. †	Archbishop of Panam�
2 Nov	84.9	Ferdinand de Piontek †	Apostolic Administrator of G�rlitz, Germany
6 Nov	99.6	Daniel Mannix †	Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia
7 Nov	82.7	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
7 Nov	71.9	Edoardo Tonna †	Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
9 Nov	77.8	Antonio Farage (Faraj) †	Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus of Egypt and Sudan (Melkite Greek)
13 Nov	61.1	Gabriel (Andr�) Sortais, O.C.S.O. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
2 Dec	66.6	Louis-Sylvain Robin †	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
5 Dec	101.0	Alfonso Carinci †	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
5 Dec	63.9	John Christopher Cody †	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
11 Dec	74.9	William MacNeely †	Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland
27 Dec	70.1	Karel Justinus Marie Ernest Calewaert †	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
29 Dec	79.3	Mihael Toros †	Apostolic Administrator of Gorizia e Gradisca, Italy

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