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The Year of Our Lord 1953

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
1 Mar BornJosé Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Mar28.1Ordained PriestManuel Sandalo SalvadorPriest of Cebu, PhilippinesCoadjutor Archbishop
3 Mar BornRalph Heskett, C.SS.R.Bishop of Hallam, England, Great Britain
4 Mar55.5AppointedAlphonse-Marie-Victor Fresnel, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Fort-Dauphin, MadagascarBishop Emeritus of Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar
6 Mar BornThomas Aquinas LephonseBishop of Coimbatore, India
66.6AppointedGustavo TestaApostolic Nuncio to SwitzerlandCardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
7 Mar47.9Ordained BishopThomas Joseph Brosnahan, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra LeoneArchbishop Emeritus of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone
46.2AppointedUbaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. †Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
46.2AppointedUbaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. †Titular Bishop of BidaPrelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
10 Mar44.8AppointedEnrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †Bishop of Anagni, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
63.2AppointedRobert Stephen Dehler, C. R. †Apostolic Administrator of Bermuda Islands, AntillesVicar Apostolic of Bermuda Islands, Antilles
78.9DiedIgnacy Maria DubowskiBishop Emeritus of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
39.8AppointedOthon MottaAuxiliary Bishop of Juiz de Fora, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
39.8AppointedOthon MottaTitular Bishop of UzitaBishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
54.5CeasedGeorges Xenopulos, S.J. †Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, GreeceBishop Emeritus of Syros (e Milos), Greece
11 Mar52.2AppointedNoël Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. †Vicar Apostolic of Eliopoli di Egitto, EgyptBishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
52.2AppointedNoël Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. †Titular Bishop of BagaiBishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
39.4AppointedMarius Macrionitis, S.J. †Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
39.4AppointedMarius Macrionitis, S.J. †Apostolic Administrator of Thessaloniki, GreeceArchbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
65.0AppointedPietro SfairTitular Bishop of Epiphania in SyriaTitular Archbishop of Nisibis dei Maroniti
12 Mar BornJosé Luis Retana GozaloBishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
13 Mar41.0AppointedRichard Finn, S.M.A. †Prefect of Ibadan, NigeriaBishop Emeritus of Ibadan, Nigeria
BornLeopoldo GirelliApostolic Nuncio to India
AppointedJohn Baptist Tokisuke NodaPrefect of Niigata, Japan
14 Mar BornMarian BuczekBishop Emeritus of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
15 Mar31.2Ordained PriestHerman Ferdinandus Maria Münninghoff, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia
24.9Ordained PriestTimóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
16 Mar BornVincent CoulibalyArchbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
BornMariano CrociataBishop of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno, Italy
17 Mar54.4AppointedPierre-Abel-Louis Chappot de la ChanonieBishop of Clermont, FranceBishop Emeritus
54.0AppointedMarco Antonio García y SuárezBishop of Granada, NicaraguaBishop Emeritus
56.8Ordained BishopPatrick Harmon Shanley, O.C.D. †Titular Bishop of SophenePrelate Emeritus of Infanta, Philippines
19 Mar58.8Ordained BishopDomingos da Apresentação FernandesTitular Bishop of AcalissusBishop of Aveiro, Portugal
32.9Ordained PriestMartin-Léonard Bakole wa IlungaPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
45.9Ordained BishopMarino BergonziniTitular Bishop of MedeliBishop Emeritus of Faenza, Italy
25.2Ordained PriestCipriano Calderón Polo, H.S.O.D. †Priest of La Hermandad de Sacerdotes Operarios Diocesanos del Sagrado Corazón de JesúsVice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
66.2Ordained BishopFrancis Arthur CarvalhoTitular Bishop of DemetriasAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
25.7Ordained PriestJoel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. †Priest of Society of the Divine WordAuxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
51.7Ordained BishopAnacleto CazzanigaArchbishop of Urbino, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus
33.7Ordained BishopErnesto Corripio y AhumadaTitular Bishop of ZaparaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
49.9Ordained BishopFrancisco Gallego PérezBishop of Barranquilla, ColombiaBishop of Cali, Colombia
41.2Ordained BishopJohn Francis HackettTitular Bishop of Helenopolis in PalaestinaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
36.9Ordained BishopRubén Isaza RestrepoTitular Bishop of BadiaeArchbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
56.0Ordained BishopPablo Mariaselvam, S.D.B. †Bishop of Vellore, India
27.1Ordained PriestAdriani MkobaPriest of Morogoro, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
50.0AppointedPaolo PappalardoApostolic Internuncio to SyriaOfficial Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
47.7Ordained BishopRajarethinam Arokiasamy SundaramBishop of Tanjore, IndiaBishop Emeritus
42.1Ordained BishopBenedict Takahiko TomizawaBishop of Sapporo, JapanBishop Emeritus
39.7Ordained BishopJoseph Trương Cao Ðại, O.P. †Titular Bishop of SilaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hai Phòng, Viet Nam
20 Mar BornFrancis Assisi ChullikattApostolic Nuncio to Bosnia and Herzegovina
21 Mar24.1Ordained PriestEdmundo Madarang AbayaPriest of Nueva Segovia, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus
24.6Ordained DeaconBenedito Francisco de AlbuquerqueDeacon of Sobral, Ceara, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Itapipoca, Ceara, Brazil
24.4Ordained PriestGiuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinArchbishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
BornMyron Joseph CottaBishop of Stockton, California, USA
29.0Ordained PriestVictorino Cristobal LigotPriest of Laoag, PhilippinesBishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
26.6Ordained PriestJosaphat Li HongguangPriestBishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
23.1Ordained PriestPellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †Priest of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
24.0Ordained PriestMichael Vincent Paschal Rowland, O.F.M. †Priest of Order of Friars MinorBishop Emeritus of Dundee, South Africa
24 Mar50.1AppointedJohn Bökenföhr (Boekenfoehr), O.M.I. †Bishop of Kimberley, South AfricaBishop Emeritus
52.3AppointedAntonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
52.3AppointedAntonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. †Titular Bishop of ZoaraVicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
37.5AppointedAloysius Joseph Dettmer, S.C.I. †Prefect of De Aar, South AfricaPrefect Emeritus
BornFrancesca Di GiovanniSecretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
50.1AppointedPedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F. †Vicar Apostolic of Quibdó, ColombiaVicar Apostolic Emeritus
50.1AppointedPedro Grau y Arola, C.M.F. †Titular Bishop of PellaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Quibdó, Colombia
55.8AppointedGeorges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)Bishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.8AppointedGeorges Kettel, C.I.C.M. †Titular Bishop of ThabracaBishop Emeritus of Kabinda, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
40.1AppointedYves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †Titular Bishop of DolicheArchbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
40.1AppointedYves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †Vicar Apostolic of Garoua, CameroonArchbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
36.1AppointedGustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †Vicar Apostolic of Istmina, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
36.1AppointedGustavo Posada Peláez, M.X.Y. †Titular Bishop of ZalicheBishop Emeritus of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia
35.5AppointedGerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †Titular Bishop of RhesainaVicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
35.5AppointedGerardo Valencia Cano, M.X.Y. †Vicar Apostolic of Buenaventura, Colombia
25 Mar52.0AppointedAttilio Beltramino, I.M.C. †Bishop of Iringa, Tanzania
48.8AppointedVincent Billington, M.H.M. †Bishop of Kampala, UgandaBishop Emeritus
45.1AppointedJoseph Blomjous, M. Afr. †Bishop of Mwanza, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
45.1CeasedJoseph Blomjous, M. Afr. †Apostolic Administrator of Maswa, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus of Mwanza, Tanzania
48.1AppointedCornelius Bronsveld, M. Afr. †Archbishop of Tabora, TanzaniaArchbishop Emeritus
72.9AppointedJoseph James Byrne, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Moshi, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
56.5AppointedLouis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †Archbishop of Rubaga, UgandaArchbishop Emeritus
21.1Solemn VowsFlavio Roberto Carraro, O.F.M. Cap. †Member of Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBishop Emeritus of Verona, Italy
45.5Ordained BishopAlberto CastelliTitular Bishop of IerichusVice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
44.2AppointedCharles (Carlo) Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. †Bishop of Nyeri, KenyaBishop Emeritus of Marsabit, Kenya
53.8AppointedGiovanni Battista Cesana, M.C.C.I. †Bishop of Gulu, UgandaBishop Emeritus
55.5AppointedJohn Francis Greif, M.H.M. †Bishop of Tororo, Uganda
50.3AppointedFrederick Hall, M.H.M. †Bishop of Kisumu, KenyaBishop Emeritus
57.2AppointedBernhard Gerhard Hilhorst, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Morogoro, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
42.3AppointedJames C. Holmes-Siedle, M. Afr. †Bishop of Karema, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus of Kigoma, Tanzania
53.7AppointedJoseph Nakabaale Kiwánuka, M. Afr. †Bishop of Masaka, UgandaArchbishop of Rubaga, Uganda
68.1AppointedFrançois-Xavier Lacoursière, M. Afr. †Bishop of Mbarara, UgandaBishop Emeritus
40.9AppointedAlfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. †Bishop of Bukoba, TanzaniaBishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
48.2Ordained BishopEmanuel Gregory ’Mabathoana, O.M.I. †Bishop of Leribe, LesothoArchbishop of Maseru, Lesotho
56.2AppointedEdgar Aristide Maranta, O.F.M. Cap. †Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaArchbishop Emeritus
56.9AppointedJohn Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. †Archbishop of Nairobi, KenyaArchbishop Emeritus
44.6AppointedAnthony Jeremiah Pesce, C.P. †Bishop of Dodoma, Tanzania
52.0Ordained BishopAmbrose RayappanTitular Bishop of SidonArchbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
40.7AppointedLaurean RugambwaBishop of Rutabo, TanzaniaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
44.5InstalledRufino Jiao SantosCardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
54.9Ordained BishopWilhelm SedlmeierTitular Bishop of AulonAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg, Germany
54.1AppointedAntoon van Oorschoot, M. Afr. †Bishop of Mbeya, TanzaniaBishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
66.9AppointedJan Cornelius van Sambeek, M. Afr. †Bishop of Kigoma, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
44.4AppointedPatrick Winters, S.A.C. †Bishop of Mbulu, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
27 Mar49.9InstalledFrancisco Gallego PérezBishop of Barranquilla, ColombiaBishop of Cali, Colombia
BornValdomiro Koubetch, O.S.B.M.Archbishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
29 MarBornFidelis Uga OrgahBishop of Otukpo, Nigeria
30 Mar67.6DiedAlexandre VachonArchbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Apr42.1AppointedManuel de Jesus PereiraAuxiliary Bishop of Coimbra, PortugalBishop of Bragança e Miranda, Portugal
1 Apr67.1AppointedGiuseppe Della CioppaTitular Bishop of Caesarea in NumidiaBishop Emeritus of Alife, Italy
67.1ResignedGiuseppe Della CioppaBishop of Alife, ItalyBishop Emeritus
86.4AppointedGiuseppe de NardisTitular Bishop of Eleutheropolis in PalaestinaBishop Emeritus of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
86.4RetiredGiuseppe de NardisBishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, ItalyBishop Emeritus
2 Apr BornRobert William FinnBishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
4 Apr27.0Ordained PriestDesiderio Elso CollinoPriestBishop Emeritus of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
23.9Ordained PriestVicente García BernalPriestBishop Emeritus of Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México
22.7Ordained PriestCarmelo Juan GiaquintaPriest of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
28.5Ordained PriestNicolas Mollenedo MondejarPriest of Jaro, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
25.1Ordained PriestYves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
23.7Ordained PriestCharles McDonald RenfrewPriest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great BritainAuxiliary Bishop
25.0Ordained PriestMichel Marie Paul SaudreauPriest of Paris, FranceBishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France
5 Apr22.9Ordained PriestDonato De BonisPriestTitular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
24.0Ordained PriestSergio GorettiPriestBishop Emeritus of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
6 Apr46.4AppointedLuigi CicuttiniAuxiliary Bishop of Udine, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
46.4AppointedLuigi CicuttiniTitular Bishop of AmyzonBishop Emeritus of Città di Castello, Italy
23.8Ordained PriestFrançois-Mathurin GourvèsPriest of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), FranceBishop Emeritus of Vannes, France
7 Apr BornThomas Thanh Thai NguyenAuxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA
8 Apr42.5AppointedRémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Port-au-Prince, HaïtiBishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
42.5AppointedRémy Jérôme Augustin, S.M.M. †Titular Bishop of TuruziBishop Emeritus of Port-de-Paix, Haïti
9 Apr53.2AppointedJames Aloysius McNultyBishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USABishop of Buffalo, New York, USA
10 Apr47.4AppointedEttore CunialVicegerent of Roma {Rome}, ItalyVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
11 Apr47.4AppointedEttore CunialTitular Archbishop of SoteropolisVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
47.4AppointedEttore CunialAuxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, ItalyVice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
12 Apr44.8Ordained BishopEnrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †Bishop of Anagni, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
72.8DiedJohn DignanBishop of Clonfert, Ireland
71.4AppointedJosef FreusbergAuxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
71.4AppointedJosef FreusbergTitular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in EpiroAuxiliary Bishop of Fulda, Germany
23.7Ordained PriestDaniel Joseph MullinsPriest of Cardiff, Wales, Great BritainBishop Emeritus of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain
40.3Ordained BishopGregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †Titular Bishop of PrusaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Yurimaguas, Peru
37.3Ordained BishopFrancisco Rendeiro, O.P. †Titular Bishop of MesseneBishop of Coimbra, Portugal
53.5Ordained BishopJohannes Rüth, SS.CC. †Titular Bishop of AmudarsaVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Central Norway {Norvegia Centrale}
14 Apr51.4AppointedJean-Emmanuel MarquèsAuxiliary Bishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), FranceArchbishop
51.4AppointedJean-Emmanuel MarquèsTitular Bishop of SigusArchbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
42.4AppointedJean-Ernest MénardAuxiliary Bishop of Chartres, FranceBishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
42.4AppointedJean-Ernest MénardTitular Bishop of AliaBishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
15 Apr BornLeo BoccardiApostolic Nuncio
BornPaul Hwang Chul-sooBishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
76.4DiedMoses Elias KileyArchbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
58.2AppointedPaolo MarellaApostolic Nuncio to FranceCardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
79.4AppointedGiovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. †Titular Bishop of EucarpiaBishop Emeritus of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), Italy
79.4RetiredGiovanni Maria Sanna, O.F.M. Conv. †Bishop of Gravina e Irsina (Montepeloso), ItalyBishop Emeritus
17 Apr79.7DiedHenri-Édouard DutoitBishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), FranceBishop Emeritus of Arras, France
18 AprBornElenito de los Reyes GalidoBishop of Iligan, Philippines
61.3DiedJoannes Groen, M.S.F. †Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
BornLudger SchepersAuxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
21 Apr27.3Ordained PriestMarcel Bam’ba GongoaPriestBishop Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
22 Apr43.0Ordained BishopJoseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. †Bishop of Accra, GhanaBishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
38.9Ordained BishopThomas Joseph Danehy, M.M. †Titular Bishop of BitaApostolic Administrator of Pando, Bolivia
45.7AppointedGiuseppe PullanoCoadjutor Bishop of Patti, ItalyBishop
45.7AppointedGiuseppe PullanoTitular Bishop of UzalisBishop of Patti, Italy
43.3Ordained BishopFrancis Xavier Sanguon SouvannasriTitular Bishop of OenoandaBishop Emeritus of Chanthaburi, Thailand
23 Apr59.1Ordained BishopAdrianus Djajasepoetra, S.J. †Titular Bishop of TrisipaArchbishop Emeritus of Djakarta, Indonesia
25 Apr22.6Ordained PriestGirolamo GrilloPriestBishop Emeritus of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
BornSilvano Herminio Pedroso MontalvoBishop of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
26 Apr38.8Ordained BishopOtoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of FormaArchbishop Emeritus of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
42.2Ordained BishopAgostinho Joaquim Lopes de Moura, C.S.Sp. †Bishop of Portalegre, PortugalBishop Emeritus of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal
27 Apr61.5AppointedIvan Bučko (Buchko)Titular Archbishop of LeucasOfficial Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
61.5AppointedIvan Bučko (Buchko)Official of the Roman Curia - OtherOfficial Emeritus
38.8AppointedZacarias Rolim de MouraBishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, BrazilBishop Emeritus
29 Apr57.2AppointedJohannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, DenmarkBishop Emeritus
30 Apr50.0AppointedVincenzo De ChiaraBishop of Mileto, ItalyBishop Emeritus
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