The Year of Our Lord 1962

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	57.7	Appointed	Ángel Almárcegui de la Virgen de Valentuñana, O.A.R. †	Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prior General Emeritus
	74.6	Resigned	Michael Browne, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Paolo alla Regola
	73.5	Retired	Biagio Budelacci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Frascati, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	40.7	Resigned	Robert Chopard-Lallier, S.M.A. †	Prefect of Parakou, Benin	Prefect Emeritus
	19.6	Professed	Alvaro Corrada del Rio, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
	23.2	Professed	Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
	66.7	Appointed	Aniceto Fernández Alonso, O.P. †	Master General of Order of Friars Preachers	Master General Emeritus
		Died	Adam Grossi, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Malda, India
		Appointed	Athanase Hage, B.C. †	Superior General of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)
	53.6	Resigned	John Hart, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Malakal, Sudan	Prefect Emeritus
		Appointed	James A. Kielt, S.S.C.M.E. †	Superior General of Missionary Society of St. Columban	Superior General Emeritus
	47.4	Appointed	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Archbishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
	27.2	Ordained Deacon	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Deacon of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina
	48.7	Appointed	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Ordinary of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
	66.7	Appointed	Giovanni Panico †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
		Died	Emiliano Pied, S.M.M. †	Prefect of Vichada, Colombia
	80.4	Retired	Salvatore Rotolo, S.D.B. †	Prelate of Altamura ed Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
		Resigned	Jean François Waterschoot, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Lac Moero, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Prefect Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.		Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	55.0	Succeeded	Raffaele Calabria †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	79.4	Died	Agostino Mancinelli †	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
2 Jan	40.7	Appointed	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
	89.3	Died	Federico Emanuel (Emmanuel), S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
	42.2	Appointed	Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Canelones, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
6 Jan	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Raimundo Cesare Bergamin, S.X. †	Bishop of Padang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
	23.8	Ordained Priest	Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago de María, El Salvador
	49.3	Installed	Aldo Forzoni †	Bishop of Diano-Teggiano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Massa, Italy
	42.0	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †	Bishop of Astrida, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda
	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Paternus Nicholas Joannes Cornelius Geise, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bogor, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Max Leroy Mésidor		Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
	26.0	Ordained Priest	Etienne Nguyên Nhu Thê	Priest of Huế, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
	49.4	Died	John Joseph Rafferty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Australia
	36.6	Ordained Bishop	José Mauro Ramalho de Alarcón Santiago	Bishop of Iguatú, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †	Priest of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
7 Jan	81.0	Died	Pierre-Sylvain Valentin, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Kangding [Kangting], China
9 Jan	41.1	Appointed	Eugênio de Araújo Sales †	Apostolic Administrator of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	78.3	Died	Paul Léon Cornelius Montaigne, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Peking [Beijing], China
		Born	Gabriel Sayaogo		Bishop of Manga, Burkina Faso
10 Jan	56.6	Appointed	Luigi Punzolo †	Apostolic Internuncio to Syria	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Velletri, Italy
13 Jan		Born	David Motiuk		Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada
14 Jan	40.3	Appointed	Alfred Bengsch †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Berlin, Germany	Cardinal, Bishop
	23.3	Ordained Priest	Józef Kowalczyk	Priest of Warmia (Ermland), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Saverio Zupi †	Titular Archbishop of Serra	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
16 Jan	51.1	Appointed	Guglielmo Motolese †	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Jan	79.6	Died	Daniel Mageean †	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland
18 Jan	86.0	Died	Christian Caminada †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
18 Jan	45.6	Succeeded	Johannes Vonderach †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
19 Jan	44.9	Appointed	Giuseppe Vairo †	Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
21 Jan	67.7	Died	Domingos da Apresentação Fernandes †	Bishop of Aveiro, Portugal
22 Jan	76.2	Died	Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
22 Jan	45.7	Installed	Johannes Vonderach †	Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	76.7	Appointed	Aimable Chassaigne †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
	76.7	Retired	Aimable Chassaigne †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Zanoni Demettino Castro		Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
	56.1	Appointed	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
24 Jan	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph Drury †	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
24 Jan		Born	William Ernesto Iraheta Rivera		Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
25 Jan	59.1	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Arayata Arcaira †	Titular Bishop of Acrassus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
25 Jan		Born	Rosalvo Cordeiro de Lima		Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
26 Jan	41.7	Confirmed	Jean Bassoul, B.S. †	Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	54.9	Appointed	André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dijon, France	Bishop Emeritus
	54.9	Appointed	André-Jean-Marie Charles de la Brousse †	Titular Bishop of Antiochia Parva	Bishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
	30.9	Ordained Priest	Louis Mbwôl-Mpasi, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Jan	59.9	Appointed	Floyd Lawrence Begin †	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
	59.5	Appointed	Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal †	Bishop of Santander, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	56.5	Appointed	Hugh Aloysius Donohoe †	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA
	53.8	Appointed	Charles Herman Helmsing †	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	46.5	Appointed	Leo Thomas Maher †	Bishop of Santa Rosa (in California), USA	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
28 Jan	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Mario Brini †	Titular Archbishop of Algiza	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
28 Jan	26.6	Ordained Priest	William Joseph Kurtz, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
29 Jan		Born	Piotr Henryk Sawczuk		Auxiliary Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
30 Jan		Born	Éric Marie de Moulins d’Amieu de Beaufort		Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
31 Jan	48.0	Appointed	Saverio Zupi †	Apostolic Internuncio to Pakistan	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

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