The Year of Our Lord 1966

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown	52.0	Resigned	Leonard Carrieri, SS.CC. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Superior General Emeritus
	58.3	Appointed	Alberto Castelli †	Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Vice President Emeritus
	72.4	Appointed	Carlo Confalonieri †	Pro-Prefect of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	92.0	Died	Louis David †	Prefect Emeritus of Ghardaïa, Algeria
	65.0	Resigned	Maurus Valiyaparampil, C.M.I. †	Prior General of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Prior General Emeritus
	59.4	Retired	John Jarlath Dooley, S.S.C.M.E. †	Official of the Secretariat of State	Official Emeritus
	74.3	Appointed	Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebello †	Apostolic Administrator of Goa e Damão, India	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	23.4	Entered	Gianfranco Ghirlanda, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santissimo Nome di Gesù
	55.7	Appointed	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Apostolic Nuncio
		Resigned	Guo Mingye †	Apostolic Administrator of Daming [Taming], China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
		Died	[ Huang Shu] †	Bishop of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
		Died	[ Hu Qin-ming] †	Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China
	44.0	Died	[Henry Jia Fu-shan (Kia Fu Chan)] †	Bishop of Yiduxian [Iduhsien], China
	57.0	Died	[Peter Lan Bo-lu (Lan Pai Lu)] †	Bishop of Yongping [Yüngping], China
	78.9	Retired	Francesco Lardone †	Apostolic Internuncio to Turkey	Apostolic Nuncio
		Died	[Charles Li Ming-yuan] †	Bishop of Caozhou/Heze [Tsaochow], China
	70.9	Died	[Andrew Liu An-zhi (Li Anchi)], C.M. †	Bishop of Zhengding [Chengting], China
		Died	[John Li Wei-guang] †	Bishop of Nanjing [Nanking], China
		Died	[Louis Li Zhen-lin] †	Bishop of Lingling [Yungchow], China
	64.1	Resigned	Tito Mancini †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostia, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	76.3	Resigned	Teobaldo Giorgio Moscatelli, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Order of Cistercians	Abbot Emeritus
	61.4	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Pardini †	Apostolic Administrator of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
	55.5	Appointed	Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Derna, Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
		Born	Johannes Peng Weizhao		Auxiliary Bishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
	76.9	Resigned	Maurus (Josef) Riha, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
		Died	[ Shen Chu-ming] †	Bishop of Suzhou [Soochow], China
	50.7	Appointed	Joseph Sipendi †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
	52.5	Appointed	José Thurler †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
	49.5	Appointed	Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	John Wang Xiaoxun		Bishop of Ankang [Hinganfu], China
		Died	[ Xiong De-lian (Hieng Teh-hen, Hiong Te Lien)] †	Archbishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
Jan	68.9	Appointed	Edward Joseph Maginn †	Apostolic Administrator of Albany, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Sabri Anar		Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
		Born	Fintan Gavin		Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
		Born	Thomas Ifeanyichukwu Obiatuegwu		Auxiliary Bishop of Orlu, Nigeria
	26.2	Ordained Priest	Jésus Rocha †	Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 Jan	28.7	Ordained Priest	Anthony Lee Kok Hin	Priest of Miri, Malaysia	Bishop Emeritus of Miri, Malaysia
3 Jan	59.7	Confirmed	Gabriel Batta †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
	84.5	Confirmed	Augustin Bea, S.J. †	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
	57.0	Confirmed	Gabriel Koda †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkūk (Chaldean), Iraq
		Born	Mauro Mantovani, S.D.B.		Prefect of the Vatican Library
	50.3	Appointed	Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	49.8	Appointed	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
	49.8	Appointed	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Titular Bishop of Tingaria	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
4 Jan	73.9	Died	Juan Manuel González Arbeláez †	Archbishop Emeritus of Popayán, Colombia
		Born	Visuvasam Selvaraj		Bishop of Port Blair, India
	56.6	Appointed	Lino Zanini †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Official Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
5 Jan	53.6	Resigned	Leo Maria Cornelli, O.S.B. †	Abbot General of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot General Emeritus
6 Jan	31.6	Ordained Priest	Edward Robert Adams	Priest of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
	24.9	Ordained Priest	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton †	Priest of Porto Novo, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
	55.7	Appointed	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Archbishop of Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
	28.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Bolangi Egwanga Ediba Tasame †	Priest of Budjala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	24.0	Ordained Priest	Evariste Ngoyagoye	Priest of Bujumbura, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Harold Robert Perry, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Mons in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Phạm Văn Thiên †	Bishop of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Max John Rodrigues	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Hyderabad in Pakistan
	28.3	Ordained Priest	Philip Sulumeti	Priest of Kisumu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Kakamega, Kenya
	26.4	Ordained Priest	John Tong Hon	Priest of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
	63.8	Ordained Bishop	François-Xavier Trần Thanh Khân †	Titular Bishop of Numluli	Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon, Viet Nam
7 Jan	50.5	Appointed	James Francis Carney †	Auxiliary Bishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop
	50.5	Appointed	James Francis Carney †	Titular Bishop of Obori	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
		Born	Matthieu Marie Jean Rougé		Bishop of Nanterre, France
8 Jan	57.2	Installed	Simon N’Zita Wa Ne Malanda †	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
8 Jan		Born	Petko Valov		Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian), Bulgaria
9 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Barthélemy-Pierre-Joseph-Marie-Henri Hanrion, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Dapango, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	49.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Lê Văn Ấn †	Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
		Born	Joseph Roman Mlola, ALCP/OSS		Bishop of Kigoma, Tanzania
	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Arturo Salazar Mejía, O.A.R. †	Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba	Bishop Emeritus of Pasto, Colombia
10 Jan	28.5	Ordained Priest	Victor Dovi Hounnaké †	Priest	Bishop of Aného, Togo
11 Jan		Appointed	Alfonso Robledo de Manizales, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
12 Jan	69.7	Died	Manuel Hurtado y García †	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
12 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe †	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
13 Jan	49.6	Appointed	Anselmo Zarza Bernal †	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México	Bishop Emeritus
14 Jan	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Amilcare Pasini †	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
16 Jan	50.0	Appointed	Luigi Maffeo †	Archbishop of Italy, Military
	50.0	Appointed	Luigi Maffeo †	Titular Archbishop of Castellum in Numidia	Archbishop of Italy, Military
	47.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Pappalardo †	Titular Archbishop of Miletus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
17 Jan	65.4	Died	Armand Clabaut, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Baie d’Hudson {Hudson Bay}, Manitoba, Canada	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
18 Jan		Born	Christophorus Tri Harsono		Bishop of Purwokerto, Indonesia
21 Jan	41.6	Appointed	James Martin Hayes †	Apostolic Administrator of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Jan		Born	Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo		Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia
22 Jan	51.2	Appointed	Joseph Aloysius Durick †	Apostolic Administrator of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan		Born	Luigi Renna		Archbishop of Catania, Italy
23 Jan	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
24 Jan	50.8	Appointed	Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	50.8	Appointed	Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers †	Titular Archbishop of Zica	Archbishop Emeritus of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
	44.4	Appointed	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
	44.4	Appointed	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado †	Titular Bishop of Utimma	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
25 Jan	43.8	Ordained Bishop	José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tabunia	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
		Born	Miguel Fernando González Mariño		Bishop of Espinal, Colombia
	60.2	Ordained Bishop	James Philip Mulvihill, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla	Bishop Emeritus of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
	46.6	Ordained Bishop	Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	85.0	Died	Eliseu Van de Weijer, O. Carm. †	Prelate Emeritus of Paracatu, Brazil
26 Jan		Born	Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza		Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
26 Jan	64.2	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
27 Jan	67.7	Appointed	Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A. †	Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek)
	67.7	Appointed	Justin Abraham Najmy, B.A. †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Patriarchal Exarch of United States of America (Melkite Greek)
	56.9	Died	Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. †	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
	45.2	Appointed	Francis Mansour Zayek †	Bishop of United States of America (Maronite)	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (Maronite), New York, USA
29 Jan	45.8	Appointed	James William Malone †	Apostolic Administrator of Youngstown, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
30 Jan	49.5	Ordained Bishop	Olimpo Santiago Maresma †	Titular Bishop of Gegi	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
30 Jan	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Musiel †	Titular Bishop of Tamata	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Częstochowa, Poland

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