The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

January

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Born	Francesco Airoldi		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Monze, Zambia
	63.7	Ceased	Ángel (Angelus) Almárcegui de la Virgen de Valentuñana, O.A.R. †	Prior General of Order of Augustinian Recollects	Prior General Emeritus
	78.2	Ceased	Raffaele Baratta †	Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
	78.2	Ceased	Raffaele Baratta †	Apostolic Administrator of Città della Pieve, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia, Italy
	64.4	Retired	Alberto Clerici, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict	Abbot Emeritus
	18.5	Entered	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
	64.7	Appointed	Vincenzo De Chiara †	Apostolic Administrator of Nicotera e Tropea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mileto, Italy
	57.0	Ceased	Luigi de Santis, O.M.D. †	Rector General of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Rector General Emeritus
	25.8	Professed	Robert Patrick Ellison, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Banjul, Gambia
	41.8	Incardinated	Joseph Anthony Ferrario †	Priest of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	65.7	Appointed	Augusto Gianfranceschi †	Apostolic Administrator of Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cesena, Italy
	20.0	Professed	Jean-Michel Girard, C.R.B.	Member of Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard	Apostolic Administrator of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
	23.2	Ordained Priest	Juan González Núñez, M.C.C.I.	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Awasa, Ethiopia
	47.8	Appointed	Ivo Gugić †	Auxiliary Bishop of Split-Makarska (Spalato-Macarska), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
		Born	Joseph Guo Jincai		Bishop of Chengde, China
	49.3	Resigned	Ambrose Valerian Hayden †	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Priest
	49.3	Resigned	Ambrose Valerian Hayden †	Titular Bishop-Elect of Lamsorti	Priest of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	58.0	Appointed	Gebhard (Ferdinand) Koberger, C.R.S.A. †	Abbot Primate of Confederation of Canons Regular of St. Augustine	Abbot Primate Emeritus
	20.0	First Vows	John Michael Kudrick	Member of Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance	Bishop Emeritus of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA
	19.5	Professed	Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P.	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop Emeritus of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
	19.9	Entered	František Václav Lobkowicz, O. Praem. †	Member of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
		Born	Thaddeus Ma Daqin		Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
	29.1	Final Vows	Vicente Credo Manuel, S.V.D. †	Member of Society of the Divine Word	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Jose in Mindoro, Philippines
	49.5	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Apostolic Administrator of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
	22.1	Ordained Deacon	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Deacon of Liverpool, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
	56.9	Appointed	Jolando Nuzzi †	Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, Italy
	48.9	Resigned	Antulio Parrilla-Bonilla, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	63.4	Ceased	Giovanni Battista Pardini †	Apostolic Administrator of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
	24.3	Ordained Deacon	János Pénzes	Deacon of Subotica, Serbia	Bishop Emeritus
	60.9	Appointed	Antonio Ravagli †	Auxiliary Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Modigliana, Italy
	52.7	Resigned	Joseph Sipendi †	Apostolic Administrator of Zanzibar e Pemba, Tanzania	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
	72.6	Resigned	William Michael Slattery, C.M. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Mission	Superior General Emeritus
		Resigned	Joseph Torbay (Torbey), O.L.M. †	Superior General of Order of Lebanese Maronite (Maronite)	Superior General Emeritus
1 Jan		Born	Elias Lumayog Ayuban Jr., C.M.F.		Bishop-Elect of Cubao, Philippines
	87.9	Retired	Paolo Giobbe †	Datary of the Apostolic Datary	Cardinal, Datary Emeritus
	53.6	Succeeded	Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies †	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
	74.7	Appointed	Alfredo Viola †	Titular Bishop of Badiae	Bishop Emeritus of Salto, Uruguay
	74.7	Resigned	Alfredo Viola †	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
2 Jan	54.1	Appointed	George Henry Guilfoyle †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	36.0	Ordained Priest	Siard Ivan Klement, O. Praem. †	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Bishop
	64.8	Appointed	Joseph Schröffer †	Titular Archbishop of Volturnum	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities
3 Jan	47.9	Appointed	René Audet †	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
	43.9	Appointed	Angelo Frosi (Frozi), S.X. †	Apostolic Administrator of Abaeté do Tocantins, Para, Brazil	Bishop of Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
	69.4	Resigned	Édouard Jetté †	Apostolic Administrator of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
	92.9	Appointed	Joseph Arthur Papineau †	Titular Bishop of Simitthu	Bishop Emeritus of Joliette, Québec, Canada
	92.9	Retired	Joseph Arthur Papineau †	Bishop of Joliette, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	José Carlos de Souza Campos		Archbishop of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil
		Born	Adam Wodarczyk		Auxiliary Bishop of Katowice, Poland
4 Jan	48.0	Ordained Bishop	Mark Joseph Hurley †	Titular Bishop of Thunusuda	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa (in California), USA
5 Jan	23.6	Ordained Priest	Domenico Graziani	Priest of Crotone (Cotrone), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Crotone-Santa Severina, Italy
	53.1	Appointed	Dennis Walter Hickey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	53.1	Appointed	Dennis Walter Hickey †	Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
	47.9	Appointed	John Edgar McCafferty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	47.9	Appointed	John Edgar McCafferty †	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Auxiliary Bishop of Rochester, New York, USA
	75.0	Appointed	Thomas Lawrence Noa †	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
	75.0	Retired	Thomas Lawrence Noa †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	23.2	Professed	Agustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
	49.8	Appointed	Charles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
	39.4	Appointed	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
	39.4	Appointed	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
	51.9	Appointed	Raymond James Vonesh †	Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	51.9	Appointed	Raymond James Vonesh †	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
6 Jan	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard †	Titular Bishop of Tingaria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	James Richard Ham, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Putia in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
	33.9	Ordained Priest	Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Bishop Emeritus of Tete, Mozambique
	38.2	Ordained Bishop	José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa †	Titular Bishop of Teglata in Proconsulari	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guatemala
	56.2	Ordained Bishop	Daniel-Joseph-Louis-Marie Pézeril †	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
	34.0	Ordained Priest	Evarist Pinto	Priest of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
		Born	Mel Rey Mingoa (Bobot) Uy		Bishop of Lucena, Philippines
7 Jan	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Sertei	Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote, Peru
7 Jan	33.8	Ordained Bishop	Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán †	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
8 Jan	67.1	Died	Richard Cleire, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Walter Erbì		Apostolic Nuncio to Liberia
	70.7	Appointed	Benno (Walter) Gut, O.S.B. †	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
	45.0	Appointed	Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	45.0	Appointed	Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
	77.1	Retired	Alfredo Ottaviani †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	62.2	Appointed	Franjo Šeper †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
9 Jan	80.1	Retired	Arcadio María Larraona Saralegui, C.M.F. †	Prefect of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
9 Jan	72.7	Resigned	Luigi Traglia †	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
10 Jan	46.7	Succeeded	Lorenzo Michele Joseph Graziano, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	70.1	Appointed	Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar †	Titular Bishop of Selemselae	Bishop Emeritus of San Miguel, El Salvador
	70.1	Resigned	Miguel Angel Machado y Escobar †	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
	44.1	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Minder, O.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa
11 Jan	88.5	Retired	Benedetto Aloisi Masella †	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Cardinal, Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
	57.3	Appointed	André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
	43.9	Succeeded	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
	65.4	Appointed	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Laghouat, Algeria
	65.4	Resigned	Georges-Louis Mercier, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
	49.9	Appointed	Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
	78.3	Appointed	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Titular Archbishop of Thimida Regia	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore, India
	78.3	Retired	Thomas Pothacamury (Pothakamuri) †	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	43.5	Appointed	Jean-Marie Michel Arthur Alix Zacharie Raimbaud, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Laghouat, Algeria
	52.8	Appointed	Joseph Sipendi †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
	44.0	Appointed	Pio Taofinu’u, S.M. †	Bishop of Apia, American Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia, Pacific (Oceania)
12 Jan	79.5	Died	Albert-Pierre Falière, M.E.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
12 Jan		Born	James Thomas Ruggieri		Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
13 Jan	64.0	Appointed	Angelo Dell’Acqua †	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	64.0	Appointed	Angelo Dell’Acqua †	Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	90.5	Retired	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	81.4	Retired	Gustavo Testa †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
	72.7	Appointed	Luigi Traglia †	Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery	Cardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
	61.9	Appointed	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
14 Jan	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Megalopolis in Proconsulari	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuenca, Ecuador
		Born	Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C.		Bishop of Chosica, Peru
	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Lenič †	Titular Bishop of Vazi-Sarra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
15 Jan	73.6	Appointed	Francis John Brennan †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
	47.0	Succeeded	Jean-Berchmans-Marcel-Yves-Marie-Bernard Chabbert, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
	63.2	Appointed	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	77.5	Died	Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèvre, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
16 Jan		Born	Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U.		Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
	45.0	Appointed	John Christopher Mahon, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Lodwar, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Lodwar, Kenya
	53.5	Appointed	Karmelo Zazinović †	Bishop of Krk (Veglia), Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jan	66.2	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Prefect of the Congregation of Catholic Education	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
18 Jan	41.9	Appointed	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
18 Jan	41.9	Appointed	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
19 Jan	82.4	Died	Vincent Gelat †	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
19 Jan	42.9	Resigned	Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
20 Jan		Born	Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D.		Bishop of Morondava, Madagascar
21 Jan	27.2	Ordained Priest	Woldetensaé Ghebreghiorghis, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Harar, Ethiopia
	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Gravelli †	Titular Archbishop of Suas	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic
	88.8	Died	Lajos Shvoy †	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
22 Jan	51.6	Appointed	Wilson Laus Schmidt †	Titular Bishop of Synnada in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
22 Jan	51.6	Resigned	Wilson Laus Schmidt †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jan	57.4	Died	Pedro Aguilera Narbona †	Bishop Emeritus of Iquique, Chile
23 Jan	56.8	Installed	Eldon Bernard Schuster †	Bishop of Great Falls, Montana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Jan	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Moverley †	Titular Bishop of Tinisa in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Hallam, England, Great Britain
25 Jan	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Doruma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
26 Jan		Born	Adrian Józef Galbas, S.A.C.		Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
27 Jan	26.4	Ordained Priest	José Moreira de Melo	Priest of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Jan	56.0	Ordained Bishop	Augustin Fataki Alueke †	Archbishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
28 Jan		Born	Philippe Alain Mbarga		Bishop of Ebolowa, Cameroon
29 Jan	66.6	Appointed	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena	Bishop Emeritus of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles
	66.6	Resigned	Jean Gay, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
	46.8	Appointed	John McCormack †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
	55.6	Appointed	Gérard-Paul-Louis-Marie de Milleville, C.S.Sp. †	Apostolic Administrator of Basse-Terre (et Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe, Antilles	Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
	88.2	Died	Ignace Gabriel I (Théophile) Tappouni †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
	23.1	Professed	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
31 Jan	69.3	Died	Raffaele Barbieri †	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy
	74.8	Appointed	Peter William Bartholome †	Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	74.8	Retired	Peter William Bartholome †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	41.0	Appointed	Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas †	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
	78.4	Died	Cristoforo Domenico Carullo, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy
	63.4	Installed	Arthur Francis Fox †	Bishop of Sale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
	66.3	Died	Francis Edward Hyland †	Bishop Emeritus of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
	55.6	Succeeded	George Henry Speltz †	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus

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