The Year of Our Lord 1964

Bishop Events

January to February

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	49.0	Appointed	Salvatore Asta †	Apostolic Internuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
		Appointed	Giovanni M. Bernasconi, B. †	Superior General of Clerics Regular of St. Paul	Superior General Emeritus
	63.9	Appointed	Francesco Bertoglio †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
		Died	Martin Bodewes, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Bangassou, Central African Republic
	47.5	Resigned	Albert Descamps †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium	Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission
	78.9	Appointed	Gregorio Falconieri †	Titular Bishop of Silli	Bishop Emeritus of Conversano, Italy
	78.9	Retired	Gregorio Falconieri †	Bishop of Conversano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	77.9	Died	Angelo de la Calle Fontecha, O.S.A. †	Prefect of Yochow [Yueyang], China
		Appointed	Ignazio Gillet, O.C.S.O. †	Abbot General of Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance	Abbot General Emeritus
		Died	Honoré Jouneaux, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Pala, Chad
		Died	Renato Landru, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Gao, Mali
	62.7	Resigned	Malcolm La Velle, C.P. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Passion	Superior General Emeritus
	21.7	Professed	Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S.	Member of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	67.0	Appointed	Edgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
	52.3	Appointed	Ambrogio Marchioni †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
	61.5	Appointed	Thomas Absolem McCabe †	Bishop of Australia, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Port Augusta, Australia
	51.6	Appointed	Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
		Resigned	Clement (William) Neubauer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Minister General Emeritus
	63.6	Resigned	Martin John O’Connor †	Rector of the Pontifical North American College	Prelate Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission of Social Communications
	21.1	Professed	Francesco Panfilo, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
	60.9	Resigned	Paolo Pappalardo †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
	52.3	Appointed	Vito Roberti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus of Caserta, Italy
	88.8	Retired	Wojciech Tomaka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	16.8	Professed	Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.	Member of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prelate of Chota, Peru
		Died	Gabriel Viñamata Castelsagué, I.E.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of El Petén, Guatemala
	55.0	Appointed	Clementinus von Vlissingen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Minister General of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Minister General Emeritus
3 Jan	59.6	Appointed	James Peter Davis †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	88.2	Died	Francesco de Filippis †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
	47.8	Appointed	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
	47.8	Appointed	Rubén Isaza Restrepo †	Titular Archbishop of Lares	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
		Born	Binay Kandulna	Gondra	Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi, India
		Appointed	Henry J. Winkelmolen, C.S.Sp. †	Prefect of Same, Tanzania
4 Jan		Appointed	Gennaro Artazcor Lizarrage, I.E.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of El Petén, Guatemala
	45.0	Appointed	Hanna Kaldany †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	45.0	Appointed	Hanna Kaldany †	Titular Bishop of Gabae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	46.6	Appointed	Daniel Eugene Sheehan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.6	Appointed	Daniel Eugene Sheehan †	Titular Bishop of Capsus	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
5 Jan	55.4	Appointed	Jacques-Paul Martin †	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Palaestina	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
5 Jan	55.4	Appointed	Jacques-Paul Martin †	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
7 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Thomas Daley †	Titular Bishop of Barca	Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
7 Jan	50.3	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Graham †	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
9 Jan		Born	Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende	Groningen	Bishop of Breda, Netherlands
10 Jan	52.3	Succeeded	Peter Birch †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
10 Jan	84.0	Died	Patrick Collier †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
11 Jan	81.2	Died	André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien †	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
13 Jan	59.5	Appointed	Felipe de Jesús Cueto González, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Appointed	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva	Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
	38.6	Appointed	José Gabriel Diaz Cueva	Titular Bishop of Arae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Azogues, Ecuador
	50.3	Appointed	Charles Borromeo McLaughlin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
	50.3	Appointed	Charles Borromeo McLaughlin †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
	78.6	Died	Camille Valentin Stappers, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Lulua, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	43.7	Appointed	Karol Józef Wojtyla †	Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
14 Jan	51.6	Appointed	Francis Carroll, S.M.A. †	Titular Archbishop of Gabula	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
15 Jan	61.5	Succeeded	Alfred-Joseph Atton †	Bishop of Langres, France	Bishop Emeritus
	78.8	Appointed	Louis Chiron †	Titular Bishop of Bamaccora	Bishop of Langres, France
	78.8	Retired	Louis Chiron †	Bishop of Langres, France
16 Jan	58.2	Appointed	Léon-Toussaint-Jean-Clément Chambon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Bossangoa, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus
	46.0	Appointed	Jesús María Coronado Caro, S.D.B.	Prefect of Ariari, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Duitama-Sogamoso, Colombia
	61.2	Appointed	Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	44.2	Appointed	Georges-Hilaire Dupont, O.M.I.	Bishop of Pala, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
	64.4	Appointed	Leonard Joseph Raymond †	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
17 Jan	47.6	Appointed	Stefan Barela †	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
17 Jan		Appointed	John A. Weidner, S.A.C. †	Prefect of Raipur, India
18 Jan	53.1	Appointed	Enea Selis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Iglesias, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy
18 Jan	53.1	Appointed	Enea Selis †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza e Bisignano, Italy
19 Jan	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Elías Prado Tello †	Titular Bishop of Theveste	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
20 Jan	45.8	Appointed	Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire †	Bishop of Uganda, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Gulu, Uganda
20 Jan	41.0	Appointed	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Bishop of Kenya, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
21 Jan	82.2	Died	Carlo Chiarlo †	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
21 Jan	43.8	Appointed	Bogdan Marian Wincenty Sikorski †	Bishop of Płock, Poland
22 Jan		Born	Vincent Kulapuravilai	Anakkarai	Bishop of Marthandom (Malankarese), India
25 Jan	41.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea †	Titular Bishop of Ariassus	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
25 Jan	42.1	Ordained Bishop	José María Querejeta Mendizábal, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Eressus	Prelate Emeritus of Isabela, Philippines
26 Jan	25.8	Ordained Priest	Nicholas Chia	Priest of Malacca-Singapore	Archbishop of Singapore
27 Jan	77.3	Died	René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
28 Jan	59.6	Died	Edward Michael Joyce †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
29 Jan	59.7	Appointed	George Andrew Beck, A.A. †	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	65.0	Appointed	James Donald Scanlan †	Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
	53.7	Appointed	William Gordon Wheeler †	Coadjutor Bishop of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
	53.7	Appointed	William Gordon Wheeler †	Titular Bishop of Theudalis	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
30 Jan	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Victor Garaygordóbil Berrizbeitia	Titular Bishop of Pudentiana	Prelate Emeritus of Babahoyo, Ecuador
30 Jan	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Bernard Matthew Kelly †	Titular Bishop of Tegea	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
31 Jan	23.8	Professed	Irineu Danelón, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
31 Jan		Born	Barthélemy Yaouda Hourgo	Mayo-Ouldémé	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
1 Feb	23.7	Ordained Priest	José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, C.P.	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, Peru
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Theodor Kettmann	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
	53.9	Appointed	Vittore Ugo Righi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Official of the Secretariat of State
2 Feb	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán †	Titular Bishop of Comana Pontica	Bishop Emeritus of Machala, Ecuador
	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Manziana, C.O. †	Bishop of Crema, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	38.9	Professed	João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
	66.3	Died	Jean-Maria Mazé, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hung Hoá, Viêt Nam
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Boleslaw Lukasz Taborski †	Titular Bishop of Dices	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Przemyśl, Poland
	59.2	Appointed	Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Prelate of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay
3 Feb	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Mathias Sebastião Francisco Fernandes †	Bishop of Mysore, India
3 Feb	21.7	Professed	Afonso Fioreze, C.P.	Member of Congregation of the Passion	Bishop of Luziânia, Goias, Brazil
5 Feb	35.6	Ordained Bishop	Alphonsus Mathias	Bishop of Chikmagalur, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
7 Feb	51.2	Appointed	Laureano Castán Lacoma †	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
	55.7	Appointed	Segundo Garcia de Sierra y Méndez †	Archbishop of Burgos, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.5	Appointed	Narciso Jubany Arnau †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
	60.7	Appointed	Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	60.7	Appointed	Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. †	Titular Archbishop of Ceramus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
9 Feb	43.7	Ordained Bishop	William Dunne, S.P.S. †	Bishop of Kitui, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Hanna Kaldany †	Titular Bishop of Gabae	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Gerusalemme {Jerusalem}, Palestine
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Salzburg, Austria
	28.9	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan
	24.7	Ordained Priest	Dimitrios Salachas	Priest of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)	Exarch
	28.5	Ordained Priest	Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
10 Feb	57.8	Appointed	Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	57.8	Appointed	Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
	39.4	Appointed	Antoine Marie Maanicus, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bangassou, Central African Republic
	38.7	Appointed	Patient Honoré Pierre Yvon Redois, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Natitingou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
	36.5	Appointed	Albert Joseph Tsiahoana	Auxiliary Bishop of Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
	36.5	Appointed	Albert Joseph Tsiahoana	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
	56.1	Appointed	André van den Bronk, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Parakou, Benin	Bishop Emeritus
11 Feb	73.1	Died	Domenico Brizi †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	66.3	Appointed	Frans Joseph Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Villavicencio, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
	55.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacques-Paul Martin †	Titular Bishop of Neapolis in Palaestina	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Paul-Marie Vincent †	Bishop of Bayonne (-Lescar e Oloron), France	Bishop Emeritus
12 Feb	57.5	Succeeded	Gabriel Ganni †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
12 Feb	84.6	Died	Gabriel Naamo †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon
13 Feb	39.2	Ordained Bishop	Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M.	Titular Bishop of Pyrgos	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
	64.7	Appointed	Giuseppe D'Avack †	Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Pamphylia	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino, Italy
	64.7	Resigned	Giuseppe D'Avack †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	63.9	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lê Quy Thanh †	Titular Bishop of Septimunicia	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
14 Feb	59.5	Resigned	Cesario D'Amato, O.S.B. †	Abbot of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
	50.0	Appointed	Bruno Frattegiani †	Archbishop of Camerino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy
	69.4	Appointed	Petras Mazelis †	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
15 Feb	90.1	Died	François-Louis Auvity †	Bishop Emeritus of Mende, France
	44.8	Appointed	Franjo Kuharic †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	44.8	Appointed	Franjo Kuharic †	Titular Bishop of Meta	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia
17 Feb	52.0	Appointed	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
20 Feb	41.5	Installed	Luis Aponte Martínez	Bishop of Ponce, Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
20 Feb	65.1	Died	Paul Joseph Girouard, M.S. †	Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
22 Feb	24.5	Ordained Priest	Seán Baptist Brady	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	24.2	Ordained Priest	Terence John Brain	Priest of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain
	44.2	Appointed	António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vila Real, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
	44.2	Appointed	António de Castro Xavier Monteiro †	Titular Bishop of Ombi	Bishop Emeritus of Lamego, Portugal
	25.1	Ordained Priest	Dermot Clifford	Priest of Kerry, Ireland	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
	30.0	Ordained Priest	Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Archbishop Emeritus of Medan, Indonesia
	73.8	Died	Froilán Ferreira Reinafé †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
	50.2	Succeeded	Horacio Arturo Gómez Dávila †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24 Feb	60.6	Died	James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
		Born	Grzegorz Kaszak	Choszczno	Bishop of Sosnowiec, Poland
	26.7	Ordained Priest	Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R.	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Niamey, Niger
25 Feb	40.6	Appointed	Waldyr Calheiros Novaes (de Novais)	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	40.6	Appointed	Waldyr Calheiros Novaes (de Novais)	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	49.6	Appointed	José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	49.6	Appointed	José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †	Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Isauria	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Peter Cornelius Sol, M.S.C.	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia
	47.7	Appointed	Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brazil, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	47.7	Appointed	Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. †	Titular Bishop of Centuriones	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
28 Feb	50.1	Appointed	Thomas Andrew Donnellan †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	55.2	Appointed	Vincent Martin Leonard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	55.2	Appointed	Vincent Martin Leonard †	Titular Bishop of Arsacal	Bishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
29 Feb	67.9	Resigned	Gerardo Martínez Madrigal †	Bishop of Garzón-Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
29 Feb	45.0	Appointed	José de Jesús Pimiento Rodriguez	Bishop of Garzón-Neiva, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Manizales, Colombia

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