The Year of Our Lord 1960

Bishop Events

October

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Oct 76.9 Died Giuseppe Fietta † Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

2 Oct 16.4 Professed Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L. Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

25.2 Ordained Priest Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

4 Oct Born Gregory William Gordon Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

28.6 Ordained Priest Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T. Priest of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower” Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India

25.1 Ordained Priest Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. † Priest of Order of Imitation of Christ Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India

5 Oct 96.1 Died Bernard Pierre Herrmann, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Prefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia

6 Oct 50.2 Ordained Bishop Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA

Born Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

7 Oct 40.6 Ordained Bishop Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Oliva Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh

52.3 Appointed Aloysius John Wycislo † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

52.3 Appointed Aloysius John Wycislo † Titular Bishop of Stadia Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

8 Oct Born Anthony Ovayero Ewherido Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

9 Oct Born José Mazuelos Pérez Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

10 Oct 90.6 Appointed Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France Bishop

61.7 Died Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. † Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

11 Oct Resigned Francisco de Assis Portela † Bishop-Elect of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil Former Bishop-Elect

64.8 Died Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian † Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

12 Oct 38.1 Ordained Bishop Luis Aponte Martínez † Titular Bishop of Lares Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico

72.1 Died Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

54.4 Succeeded Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France Bishop Emeritus

Born John Chrisostom Ndimbo Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania

14 Oct 47.6 Appointed Stefan László † Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria Bishop Emeritus

15 Oct 22.6 Ordained Priest Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira Priest Bishop Emeritus of Portugal, Military

16 Oct 24.6 Ordained Priest George (Giorgio) Biguzzi, S.X. Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers Bishop Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone

Born Benno Elbs Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria

26.9 Ordained Priest Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

18 Oct 50.2 Installed Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. † Prelate of Virgin Islands, USA Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA

19 Oct Born Vitorino José Pereira Soares Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

21 Oct 64.7 Appointed François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Mactaris Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion

64.7 Resigned François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion Bishop Emeritus

22 Oct Born Andrea Bellandi Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

Born Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets † Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands

26.0 Ordained Priest Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada

45.8 Died Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

23 Oct 24.2 Ordained Priest Dino De Antoni † Priest of Chioggia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia, Italy

Born José Antonio Díaz Bishop of Concepción, Argentina

52.8 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Lenotti † Bishop of Bova, Italy Archbishop of Foggia, Italy

37.0 Ordained Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Legia Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

36.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. † Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar

24 Oct 65.9 Confirmed Emmanuel Daddi † Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq

44.0 Appointed Ioánnis Perrís † Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

Born Richard Adrian Walker Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

25 Oct 57.8 Appointed Giovanni Umberto Colombo † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.8 Appointed Giovanni Umberto Colombo † Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

Born Elias Nassar Bishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon

26 Oct 44.3 Appointed Stefan Bareła † Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland Bishop

44.3 Appointed Stefan Bareła † Titular Bishop of Hyllarima Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

49.0 Appointed Edward Jan Muszyński † Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

49.0 Appointed Edward Jan Muszyński † Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

Born Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

43.1 Appointed Cletus Francis O’Donnell † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

43.1 Appointed Cletus Francis O’Donnell † Titular Bishop of Abrittum Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Born Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam

46.1 Appointed Walenty Wójcik † Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland

46.1 Appointed Walenty Wójcik † Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland

46.7 Appointed Saverio Zupi † Apostolic Delegate to Korea Apostolic Nuncio

27 Oct 75.4 Appointed Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Gibba Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

75.4 Retired Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. † Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

28 Oct 60.7 Ordained Bishop Francesco Bertoglio † Titular Bishop of Paros Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

49.2 Ordained Bishop Pericle Felici † Titular Archbishop of Samosata Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

57.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Francis McGeough † Titular Archbishop of Hemesa Apostolic Nuncio

53.4 Ordained Bishop Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. † Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Mojoli † Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia Apostolic Nuncio

54.6 Ordained Bishop Egano Righi-Lambertini † Titular Archbishop of Doclea Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

41.7 Ordained Bishop Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. † Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

Born Aplinar Senapati, C.M. Bishop of Rayagada, India

54.2 Ordained Bishop Dino Staffa † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

57.6 Ordained Bishop Edward Ernest Swanstrom † Titular Bishop of Arba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

29 Oct Born José Luis Canto Sosa Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

30 Oct 30.3 Ordained Priest Eduardo Alas Alfaro † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango, El Salvador

31.5 Ordained Priest Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia

25.7 Ordained Priest Mario de Gasperín Gasperín Priest Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México

25.6 Ordained Priest Antonios Naguib † Priest of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt

24.0 Ordained Priest Paolo Rabitti Priest of Bologna, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

70.7 Ordained Bishop Seraphin Uluhogian, C.M.V. † Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia Abbot Primate of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia

31 Oct Born Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez † Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

52.3 Appointed Thomas Holland † Coadjutor Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

52.3 Appointed Thomas Holland † Titular Bishop of Etenna Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Oct	76.9	Died	Giuseppe Fietta †	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
2 Oct	16.4	Professed	Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L.	Member of Canons Regular of the Congregation of the Most Holy Saviour of the Lateran	Bishop Emeritus of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25.2	Ordained Priest	Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †	Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
4 Oct		Born	Gregory William Gordon		Auxiliary Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
28.6	Ordained Priest	Dominic Kokkat, C.S.T.	Priest of Congregation of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus “Little Flower”	Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabar), India
25.1	Ordained Priest	Cyril Baselios Malancharuvil, O.I.C. †	Priest of Order of Imitation of Christ	Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India
5 Oct	96.1	Died	Bernard Pierre Herrmann, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Prefect Emeritus of Cimbebasia Inferiore, Namibia
6 Oct	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Heraclea Pontica	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
	Born	Elias Richard G. Lorenzo, O.S.B.		Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
7 Oct	40.6	Ordained Bishop	Theotonius Amal Ganguly, C.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Oliva	Archbishop of Dacca, Bangladesh
52.3	Appointed	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
52.3	Appointed	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Titular Bishop of Stadia	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
8 Oct		Born	Anthony Ovayero Ewherido		Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
9 Oct		Born	José Mazuelos Pérez		Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
10 Oct	90.6	Appointed	Jean-Justin-Michel Girbeau †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France	Bishop
61.7	Died	Georges Désiré Raeymaeckers, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Oct		Resigned	Francisco de Assis Portela †	Bishop-Elect of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil	Former Bishop-Elect
64.8	Died	Jerome Aloysius Daugherty Sebastian †	Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
12 Oct	38.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Titular Bishop of Lares	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
72.1	Died	Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
54.4	Succeeded	Jean-Pierre-Georges Dozolme †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	John Chrisostom Ndimbo		Bishop of Mbinga, Tanzania
14 Oct	47.6	Appointed	Stefan László †	Bishop of Eisenstadt, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
15 Oct	22.6	Ordained Priest	Januário Torgal Mendes Ferreira	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Portugal, Military
16 Oct	24.6	Ordained Priest	George (Giorgio) Biguzzi, S.X.	Priest of Xaverian Missionary Fathers	Bishop Emeritus of Makeni, Sierra Leone
	Born	Benno Elbs		Bishop of Feldkirch, Austria
26.9	Ordained Priest	Gonzalo de Jesús Rivera Gómez †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
18 Oct	50.2	Installed	Edward John Harper, C.SS.R. †	Prelate of Virgin Islands, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA
19 Oct		Born	Vitorino José Pereira Soares		Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
21 Oct	64.7	Appointed	François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Mactaris	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion
64.7	Resigned	François-Emile-Marie Cléret de Langavant, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion	Bishop Emeritus
22 Oct		Born	Andrea Bellandi		Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
	Born	Hendrikus Marie Gerardus Smeets †		Bishop Emeritus of Roermond, Netherlands
26.0	Ordained Priest	Peter Alfred Sutton, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
45.8	Died	Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
23 Oct	24.2	Ordained Priest	Dino De Antoni †	Priest of Chioggia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gorizia, Italy
	Born	José Antonio Díaz		Bishop of Concepción, Argentina
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Lenotti †	Bishop of Bova, Italy	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Legia	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
36.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Zimmermann, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Morombe, Madagascar
24 Oct	65.9	Confirmed	Emmanuel Daddi †	Bishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop of Mossul (Chaldean), Iraq
44.0	Appointed	Ioánnis Perrís †	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Richard Adrian Walker		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
25 Oct	57.8	Appointed	Giovanni Umberto Colombo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.8	Appointed	Giovanni Umberto Colombo †	Titular Bishop of Philippopolis in Arabia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
	Born	Elias Nassar		Bishop Emeritus of Saïdā (Sidone) (Maronite), Lebanon
26 Oct	44.3	Appointed	Stefan Bareła †	Auxiliary Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland	Bishop
44.3	Appointed	Stefan Bareła †	Titular Bishop of Hyllarima	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
49.0	Appointed	Edward Jan Muszyński †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
49.0	Appointed	Edward Jan Muszyński †	Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	Born	Félicien Mwanama Galumbulula		Bishop of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
43.1	Appointed	Cletus Francis O’Donnell †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
43.1	Appointed	Cletus Francis O’Donnell †	Titular Bishop of Abrittum	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
	Born	Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên		Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam
46.1	Appointed	Walenty Wójcik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland
46.1	Appointed	Walenty Wójcik †	Titular Bishop of Baris in Hellesponto	Auxiliary Bishop of Sandomierz-Radom, Poland
46.7	Appointed	Saverio Zupi †	Apostolic Delegate to Korea	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Oct	75.4	Appointed	Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Gibba	Bishop Emeritus of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
75.4	Retired	Alphonse Verwimp, S.J. †	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
28 Oct	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Bertoglio †	Titular Bishop of Paros	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Pericle Felici †	Titular Archbishop of Samosata	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
57.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis McGeough †	Titular Archbishop of Hemesa	Apostolic Nuncio
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia	Apostolic Nuncio
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Egano Righi-Lambertini †	Titular Archbishop of Doclea	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
41.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Stanislaus Schmitt, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Aplinar Senapati, C.M.		Bishop of Rayagada, India
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Dino Staffa †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
57.6	Ordained Bishop	Edward Ernest Swanstrom †	Titular Bishop of Arba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
29 Oct		Born	José Luis Canto Sosa		Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
30 Oct	30.3	Ordained Priest	Eduardo Alas Alfaro †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chalatenango, El Salvador
31.5	Ordained Priest	Adhemar Esquivel Kohenque †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tarija, Bolivia
25.7	Ordained Priest	Mario de Gasperín Gasperín	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Querétaro, México
25.6	Ordained Priest	Antonios Naguib †	Priest of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
24.0	Ordained Priest	Paolo Rabitti	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
70.7	Ordained Bishop	Seraphin Uluhogian, C.M.V. †	Titular Archbishop of Chersonesus in Zechia	Abbot Primate of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
31 Oct		Born	Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez †		Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
52.3	Appointed	Thomas Holland †	Coadjutor Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
52.3	Appointed	Thomas Holland †	Titular Bishop of Etenna	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

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