The Year of Our Lord 1959

Overview

See Also: Previous Year (1958) | Next Year (1960)

Event	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Unk
Births	120	18	8	8	11	12	17	6	4	7	8	12	8	1
Ordained Priest	170	7	12	17	11	15	27	22	14	7	8	2	27	1
Ordained Bishop	105	6	7	10	15	11	13	9	3	8	14	6	3	0
Deaths	82	6	6	3	7	8	6	1	6	7	7	12	8	5

Ordained Priest:
- Most Common Date: (15)
  - 20 December
- Most Common Ordainer: (5)
  - Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Cardinal Agagianian †, Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
Ordained Bishop:
- Most Common Date: (7)
  - 25 October
- Most Common Principal Consecrator: (6)
  - Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski †, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
- Most Common Principal Co-Consecrator: (3 each)
  - Bishop James Henry Ambrose Griffiths †, Titular Bishop of Gaza
  - Bishop Grégoire Ephrem Jarjour †, Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria
  - Bishop Friedrich Maria Heinrich Rintelen †, Titular Bishop of Chusira