The Year of Our Lord 1960

Bishop Events

February

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Feb 23.3 Solemn Vows Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1 Feb 33.0 Ordained Deacon Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên † Deacon of Vinh, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam

2 Feb 29.1 Ordained Priest Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. † Priest of Society of the Divine Word Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

45.2 Appointed Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. † Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil

30.9 Ordained Priest Edgerton Roland Clarke † Priest of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

26.0 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Irwin † Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24.4 Ordained Priest John Brendan McCormack † Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

52.6 Appointed Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I. † Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy Abbot Emeritus

25.5 Professed Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

49.9 Ordained Bishop Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé † Titular Bishop of Gisipa Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

4 Feb 71.9 Appointed Alfredo Pacini † Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

Born George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu Bishop of Chipata, Zambia

6 Feb 45.2 Appointed Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy † Coadjutor Bishop of Blois, France Bishop Emeritus

45.2 Appointed Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy † Titular Bishop of Apollonis Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

56.7 Appointed Marius Paré † Coadjutor Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

7 Feb 23.7 Ordained Priest Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

48.9 Ordained Bishop Wincenty Urban † Titular Bishop of Abitinae Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland

46.0 Ordained Bishop Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Ariassus Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile

8 Feb Born Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

53.7 Appointed Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † Coadjutor Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France Bishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † Titular Bishop of Arcadia Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

47.9 Appointed Giovanni Ferrofino † Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti Apostolic Nuncio

10 Feb 79.3 Died Francisco de Assis Pires † Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

61.7 Died Bl. Alojzije Stepinac † Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia

11 Feb 30.7 Ordained Priest Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

29.7 Ordained Priest Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand

48.2 Appointed Adolfo Servando Tortolo † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina

Born Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru

12 Feb Born Graziano Borgonovo Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization

42.8 Appointed Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. † Prefect of Manokwari, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia

13 Feb 56.6 Appointed Corrado Bafile † Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

56.6 Appointed Corrado Bafile † Apostolic Nuncio to Germany Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

45.8 Appointed Emilio Benavent Escuín † Coadjutor Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military

36.4 Appointed Moisés Julio Blanchoud † Auxiliary Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina

36.4 Appointed Moisés Julio Blanchoud † Titular Bishop of Belali Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina

41.2 Appointed Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Aterrado, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

41.2 Appointed Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Cremna Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

44.2 Appointed Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

44.2 Appointed Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia † Titular Bishop of Areopolis Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

46.2 Appointed Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila † Coadjutor Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

47.5 Appointed Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. † Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

Born Humberto Tapia Díaz Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru

14 Feb 78.2 Installed Gaetano Cicognani † Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites

Born Robert Rabbat Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia

15 Feb Born Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M. Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic

Born Berislav Grgić Prelate Emeritus of Tromsø, Norway

16 Feb Born Vilson Basso, S.C.I. Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil

88.5 Died Pietro Pisani † Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to East Indies

17 Feb 93.3 Died Eugenio Giambro † Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

Born Pierre-Yves Michel Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France

18 Feb Born Jonas Ivanauskas Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania

19 Feb 67.8 Died Lucio Crescenzi † Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy

Born Gabino Miranda Melgarejo

20 Feb Born Guido Iván Minda Chalá Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador

21 Feb 26.5 Ordained Priest Augusto Alves da Rocha Priest Bishop Emeritus of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil

26.8 Ordained Priest João Oneres Marchiori † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

25.2 Ordained Priest John Jeremiah McRaith † Priest of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA

22.8 Ordained Priest Luiz Soares Vieira Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

22 Feb 91.3 Died Simon Zhu Kai-min (Chu or Tsu Kai-min), S.J. † Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China

53.5 Appointed Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D. † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Bishop Emeritus

23 Feb 48.1 Appointed William Graham Connare † Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Leo Ferdinand Dworschak † Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Thomas Joseph McDonough † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

24 Feb Born Stephen Boonlert Phromsena Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

25 Feb 48.3 Ordained Bishop James John Hogan † Titular Bishop of Philomelium Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Born Vjekoslav Huzjak Bishop of Bjelovar-Križevci, Croatia

48.0 Ordained Bishop Alfons Karl Kempf † Titular Bishop of Limyra Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

44.9 Ordained Bishop Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers † Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

50.4 Ordained Bishop Ernest John Primeau † Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Ordained Bishop José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda † Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México

27 Feb 53.7 Appointed Raffaele Forni † Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay Apostolic Nuncio

65.2 Appointed Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Mades Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay

65.2 Resigned Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Florida, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

28 Feb 56.3 Ordained Bishop Renato Luisi † Bishop of Bovino, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

45.3 Ordained Bishop Thomas Morris † Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland Archbishop Emeritus

Born Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela

29 Feb Born Giuseppe Favale Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy

73.1 Appointed Francesco Lardone † Apostolic Internuncio to Turkey Apostolic Nuncio

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Feb	23.3	Solemn Vows	Irineu Silvio Wilges, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1 Feb	33.0	Ordained Deacon	Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên †	Deacon of Vinh, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Vinh, Viet Nam
2 Feb	29.1	Ordained Priest	Dominic Carmon, S.V.D. †	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
45.2	Appointed	Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
30.9	Ordained Priest	Edgerton Roland Clarke †	Priest of Kingston, Jamaica, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
26.0	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Irwin †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24.4	Ordained Priest	John Brendan McCormack †	Priest of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
52.6	Appointed	Teodoro Minisci, O.S.B.I. †	Abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Abbot Emeritus
25.5	Professed	Diogo Johannes Antonius Reesink, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Pierre-Marie-Henri-Baptiste Rougé †	Titular Bishop of Gisipa	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
4 Feb	71.9	Appointed	Alfredo Pacini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	Born	George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu		Bishop of Chipata, Zambia
6 Feb	45.2	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Blois, France	Bishop Emeritus
45.2	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Titular Bishop of Apollonis	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
56.7	Appointed	Marius Paré †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
7 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Wincenty Urban †	Titular Bishop of Abitinae	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ariassus	Vicar Apostolic of Aysén, Chile
8 Feb		Born	Habib Hormiz Jajou Al Nawfali		Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
53.7	Appointed	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Coadjutor Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Bishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Titular Bishop of Arcadia	Bishop Emeritus of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
47.9	Appointed	Giovanni Ferrofino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti	Apostolic Nuncio
10 Feb	79.3	Died	Francisco de Assis Pires †	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
61.7	Died	Bl. Alojzije Stepinac †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
11 Feb	30.7	Ordained Priest	Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
29.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Praphon Chaicharoen, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Surat Thani, Thailand
48.2	Appointed	Adolfo Servando Tortolo †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Paraná, Argentina
	Born	Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J.		Archbishop of Trujillo, Peru
12 Feb		Born	Graziano Borgonovo		Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization
42.8	Appointed	Petrus Malachias van Diepen, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Manokwari, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Manokwari-Sorong, Indonesia
13 Feb	56.6	Appointed	Corrado Bafile †	Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
56.6	Appointed	Corrado Bafile †	Apostolic Nuncio to Germany	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
45.8	Appointed	Emilio Benavent Escuín †	Coadjutor Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Spain, Military
36.4	Appointed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Auxiliary Bishop of Río Cuarto, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
36.4	Appointed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Titular Bishop of Belali	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
41.2	Appointed	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Aterrado, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
41.2	Appointed	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cremna	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
44.2	Appointed	Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
44.2	Appointed	Leonardo Gregorio Gallardo Heredia †	Titular Bishop of Areopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
46.2	Appointed	Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila †	Coadjutor Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
47.5	Appointed	Arturo Gerrit João Hermanus Maria Horsthuis, A.A. †	Bishop of Jales, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Humberto Tapia Díaz		Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
14 Feb	78.2	Installed	Gaetano Cicognani †	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites
	Born	Robert Rabbat		Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia
15 Feb		Born	Faustino Burgos Brisman, C.M.		Bishop of Baní, Dominican Republic
	Born	Berislav Grgić		Prelate Emeritus of Tromsø, Norway
16 Feb		Born	Vilson Basso, S.C.I.		Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
88.5	Died	Pietro Pisani †	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus to East Indies
17 Feb	93.3	Died	Eugenio Giambro †	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
	Born	Pierre-Yves Michel		Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France
18 Feb		Born	Jonas Ivanauskas		Bishop of Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
19 Feb	67.8	Died	Lucio Crescenzi †	Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica, Italy
	Born	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo
20 Feb		Born	Guido Iván Minda Chalá		Bishop of Santa Elena, Ecuador
21 Feb	26.5	Ordained Priest	Augusto Alves da Rocha	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil
26.8	Ordained Priest	João Oneres Marchiori †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
25.2	Ordained Priest	John Jeremiah McRaith †	Priest of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Owensboro, Kentucky, USA
22.8	Ordained Priest	Luiz Soares Vieira	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
22 Feb	91.3	Died	Simon Zhu Kai-min (Chu or Tsu Kai-min), S.J. †	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China
53.5	Appointed	Jaime Flores Martin, H.S.O.D. †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
23 Feb	48.1	Appointed	William Graham Connare †	Bishop of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
24 Feb		Born	Stephen Boonlert Phromsena		Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
25 Feb	48.3	Ordained Bishop	James John Hogan †	Titular Bishop of Philomelium	Bishop Emeritus of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
	Born	Vjekoslav Huzjak		Bishop of Bjelovar-Križevci, Croatia
48.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfons Karl Kempf †	Titular Bishop of Limyra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Ernest John Primeau †	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Ordained Bishop	José de la Soledad Torres y Castañeda †	Bishop of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
27 Feb	53.7	Appointed	Raffaele Forni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Apostolic Nuncio
65.2	Appointed	Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop Emeritus of Florida, Uruguay
65.2	Resigned	Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Florida, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
28 Feb	56.3	Ordained Bishop	Renato Luisi †	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Morris †	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla		Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
29 Feb		Born	Giuseppe Favale		Bishop of Conversano-Monopoli, Italy
73.1	Appointed	Francesco Lardone †	Apostolic Internuncio to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio

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