Year 1961, December, Bishop Events [Catholic-Hierarchy]

DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title 1 Dec49.7AppointedGerald Emmett Carter †Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, CanadaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 49.7AppointedGerald Emmett Carter †Titular Bishop of AltiburusCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Dec BornMichael Thomas Martin, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 26.5Ordained PriestLuc Julian Matthys †Priest of Johannesburg, South AfricaBishop Emeritus of Armidale, Australia 3 Dec BornFrançois Xavier Ghanbodè Gnonhossou, S.M.A.Bishop of Dassa-Zoumé, Benin 26.5Ordained PriestHélio Gonçalves Heleno †PriestBishop Emeritus of Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil BornVincent Long Văn Nguyễn, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop of Parramatta, Australia 52.0Ordained BishopSante Portalupi †Titular Archbishop of ChristopolisApostolic Nuncio to Portugal BornJoão Santos CardosoArchbishop of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil 46.6Ordained BishopJoseph Sibomana †Bishop of Ruhengeri, RwandaBishop Emeritus of Kibungo, Rwanda 27.1Ordained PriestGeraldo Vieira GusmãoPriest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Porto Nacional, Tocatins, Brazil 4 Dec25.1Ordained PriestVincent Michael ConcessaoPriestArchbishop Emeritus of Delhi, India 60.2AppointedClaude Marie Joseph Dupuy †Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), FranceArchbishop Emeritus 42.7AppointedGregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †Auxiliary Bishop of Villavicencio, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia 42.7AppointedGregorio Garavito Jiménez, S.M.M. †Titular Bishop of CyparissiaBishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia BornJean Claude RandrianarisoaBishop Emeritus of Miarinarivo, Madagascar 5 Dec41.5SelectedJean Bassoul, B.S. †Archbishop of Homs (-Hama-Jabrud) (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon 41.0SelectedNéophytos Edelby, B.A. †Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria 62.2AppointedAthanasios Toutoungi, B.A. †Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus 6 Dec BornWalter Guillén Soto, S.D.B.Bishop of Gracias, Honduras 7 Dec76.2DiedMichal Buzalka †Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava (Tirnava), Slovakia 75.5AppointedAuguste Jauffrés †Titular Bishop of ArsennariaBishop Emeritus of Tarentaise, France 75.5RetiredAuguste Jauffrés †Bishop of Tarentaise, FranceBishop Emeritus 83.8AppointedLouis-Joseph Kerkhofs †Titular Bishop of SerraeBishop Emeritus of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), Belgium 83.8RetiredLouis-Joseph Kerkhofs †Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), BelgiumBishop Emeritus 49.3AppointedJacques-Eugène-Louis Ménager †Bishop of Meaux, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Reims, France 56.1Ordained BishopLuigi Oldani †Titular Bishop of GergisAuxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy 51.9SucceededGuillaume Marie van Zuylen †Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich), BelgiumBishop Emeritus 8 Dec47.9Ordained BishopGaetano Alibrandi †Titular Archbishop of BindaApostolic Nuncio 27.8Ordained PriestValter Carrijo, S.D.S.Priest of Society of the Divine SaviorBishop Emeritus of Brejo, Maranhão, Brazil 47.1Ordained BishopLuigi Dadaglio †Titular Archbishop of LerusCardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary 25.9Ordained PriestRoberto Gomes GuimarãesPriest of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBishop Emeritus 71.9DiedFrancis Patrick Keough †Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA 42.4Ordained BishopAndré Makarakiza, M. Afr. †Bishop of Ngozi, BurundiArchbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi 29.8Ordained PriestAlexius Obabu Makozi †Priest of Lokoja, NigeriaBishop Emeritus of Port Harcourt, Nigeria 27.8Ordained PriestGerhard PieschlPriest of Limburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 55.2Ordained BishopAngelo Prinetto †Titular Bishop of HadrianeVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Loreto, Italy 51.7Ordained BishopVittore Ugo Righi †Titular Archbishop of BiltaOfficial of the Secretariat of State 63.7SucceededLawrence Joseph Shehan †Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USACardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 54.7InstalledManuel Tato †Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina 10 Dec55.0SucceededOctavio Antonio Beras Rojas †Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus 50.7Ordained BishopBruno Bernard Heim †Titular Archbishop of XanthusApostolic Nuncio 29.8Ordained PriestAnselmo Müller, M.S.F. †Priest of Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy FamilyBishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil 31.5Ordained PriestJoaquín Piña Batllevell, S.J. †Priest of Society of JesusBishop Emeritus of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina 85.6DiedRicardo Pittini Piussi, S.D.B. †Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 24.3Ordained PriestAnárghyros Printesis †PriestApostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek) 11 Dec50.1AppointedArtemio Gabriel Casas †Bishop of Imus, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines 49.6AppointedJacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †Titular Bishop of GarrianaPrelate Emeritus of Aiquile, Bolivia 58.3AppointedLouis Marie Henri Mazerat †Bishop of Angers, FranceBishop Emeritus 46.4AppointedManuel Platon Del Rosario †Bishop of Malolos, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 43.7AppointedCharles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA 43.7AppointedCharles Alexander Kazimieras Salatka †Titular Bishop of CarianaArchbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA 44.3AppointedErnest Leo Unterkoefler †Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USABishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA 44.3AppointedErnest Leo Unterkoefler †Titular Bishop of LatopolisBishop Emeritus of Charleston, South Carolina, USA BornOctavi Vilà Mayo, O. Cist.Bishop of Girona, Spain 12 Dec53.7AppointedAntoni Léon Louis Caillot †Coadjutor Bishop of Évreux, FranceBishop Emeritus 53.7AppointedAntoni Léon Louis Caillot †Titular Bishop of BononiaBishop Emeritus of Évreux, France 39.3InstalledBenedito Domingos Vito Coscia, O.F.M. †Bishop of Jataí, Goias, BrazilBishop Emeritus 13 Dec BornOlivier Michel Marie de CagnyBishop of Évreux, France 66.3DiedAntonio Ignacio Camargo †Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela 25.0Ordained PriestPeter James CullinanePriest of Wellington, New ZealandBishop Emeritus of Palmerston North, New Zealand BornMichael Joseph DooleyBishop of Dunedin, New Zealand 44.4SucceededJosé Léon Rojas Chaparro †Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela 14 Dec BornPauly KannookadanBishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India 46.3AppointedAntonio López Aviña †Archbishop of Durango, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus 50.0AppointedHonorato Piazera, S.C.I. †Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil 15 Dec52.2AppointedGérard-Maurice-Eugène Huyghe †Bishop of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), FranceBishop Emeritus 16 Dec61.1AppointedLeo Binz †Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 49.6AppointedJacinto (Giacinto) Eccher, O.F.M. †Prelate of Aiquile, BoliviaPrelate Emeritus 17 Dec68.8Ordained BishopPaul Achkar †Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop Emeritus BornVictor Hugo BasabeArchbishop of Coro, Venezuela 23.0Ordained PriestJanuariusz Mikołaj Bolonek †Priest of Łódź, PolandApostolic Nuncio 47.0Ordained BishopGiuseppe (Joseph) Caprio †Titular Archbishop of ApolloniaCardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 49.8Ordained BishopAntonino Pinci †Titular Archbishop of Tarasa in NumidiaApostolic Nuncio 22.9Ordained PriestAndrzej Józef Sliwinski †Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), PolandBishop Emeritus of Elbląg, Poland 18 Dec BornAndrzej Jerzy ZglejszewskiAuxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA 19 Dec BornSoane Patita Paini MafiCardinal, Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania) 20 Dec25.8Ordained PriestThomas George Doran †Priest of Rockford, Illinois, USABishop Emeritus 25.0Ordained PriestAdrian Leo DoylePriest of Hobart, AustraliaArchbishop Emeritus 26.0Ordained PriestJohn Clement FavaloraPriest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA BornJesús José Herrera QuiñonezBishop of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México 25.5Ordained PriestEdward Urban Kmiec †Priest of Trenton, New Jersey, USABishop Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, USA 25.5Ordained PriestWilliam Joseph Levada †Priest of Los Angeles, California, USACardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith 28.1Ordained PriestKevin Michael Manning †Priest of Bathurst, AustraliaBishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia 25.0Ordained PriestJoseph Kingsley SwampillaiPriest of Jaffna, Sri LankaBishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka 27.7Ordained PriestJosephus Tethool, M.S.C. †Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of JesusAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Amboina, Indonesia 30.9Ordained PriestPaul Mbiybe Verdzekov †PriestArchbishop Emeritus of Bamenda, Cameroon 24.8Ordained PriestJohn George VlaznyPriest of Chicago, Illinois, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA 21 Dec31.6Ordained PriestPius Suh Awa †PriestBishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon 62.2Ordained BishopJoseph Ludwig Buchkremer †Titular Bishop of AggarAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany 27.2Ordained PriestPaul Josef Cordes †Priest of Paderborn, GermanyCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” 26.3Ordained PriestÉmile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †Priest of La Société des Missions EtrangèresVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia 26.9Ordained PriestJoseph Lin Tianzhu (Liu Thien-chu) †Priest of Kiayi, TaiwanBishop 49.1Ordained BishopMaurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †Bishop of Pamiers (-Couserans-Mirepoix), FranceArchbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France 50.7Ordained BishopEldon Bernard Schuster †Titular Bishop of AmbladaBishop Emeritus of Great Falls, Montana, USA 61.5AppointedAnton Vovk †Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia 37.9Ordained BishopJean Zoa †Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon 22 Dec89.6DiedElia Dalla Costa †Cardinal, Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy 44.0AppointedPaul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †Archbishop of Fort-Lamy, ChadArchbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad 43.3AppointedMichel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) 43.3AppointedMichel-Maurice-Augustin-Marie Darmancier, S.M. †Titular Bishop of AugurusBishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania) 67.5CeasedDominic Senyemon Fukahori †Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki, JapanBishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan 48.4AppointedPeter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †Bishop of Oita, JapanBishop Emeritus of Fukuoka, Japan 39.6AppointedJames Joseph Komba †Auxiliary Bishop of Peramiho, TanzaniaArchbishop of Songea, Tanzania 39.6AppointedJames Joseph Komba †Titular Bishop of ThignicaArchbishop of Songea, Tanzania 27.5Ordained PriestRubén López ArdónPriest of León en NicaraguaBishop Emeritus of Esteli, Nicaragua 77.0RetiredAlexandre Poncet, S.M. †Vicar Apostolic of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)Vicar Apostolic Emeritus 44.2AppointedHenri Véniat, S.J. †Bishop of Fort-Archambault, ChadBishop Emeritus of Sarh, Chad 23 Dec25.5Ordained PriestHugo Barrantes Ureña †Priest of San Isidro de El General, Costa RicaArchbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica 27.2Ordained PriestAloísio Sinésio Bohn †PriestBishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 29.0Ordained PriestFernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba †Priest of Zacatecas, MéxicoBishop Emeritus 54.6SucceededTelesforo Giovanni Cioli, O. Carm. †Bishop of Arezzo, ItalyBishop Emeritus 26.7Ordained DeaconXavier Gilles de Maupeou d’AbleigesDeacon of Le Mans, FranceBishop Emeritus of Viana, Maranhão, Brazil 25.2Ordained PriestJoseph Pierre Aimé Marie Doré, P.S.S.Priest of Nantes, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Strasbourg, France 49.7AppointedPaolo Ghizzoni †Auxiliary Bishop of Piacenza, ItalyBishop of San Miniato, Italy 49.7AppointedPaolo Ghizzoni †Titular Bishop of ThenaeBishop of San Miniato, Italy 50.4AppointedAmadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †Prelate of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, BrazilPrelate Emeritus 25.2Ordained PriestDadeus GringsPriest of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilArchbishop Emeritus 97.7DiedEmanuele Mignone †Bishop of Arezzo, Italy 24.3Ordained PriestOscar Páez Garcete †Priest of Concepción y Chaco, ParaguayBishop Emeritus of Alto Paraná, Paraguay 25.4Ordained PriestAlfredo Víctor Petit Vergel †Priest of San Cristobal de la Habana, CubaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus 25.6Ordained PriestVicente Salgado y Garrucho †Priest of Bacolod, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus of Romblon, Philippines 25.0Ordained PriestErnesto Antolin SalgadoPriest of Nueva Segovia, PhilippinesArchbishop Emeritus 25.8Ordained PriestJosé Luis Serna Alzate, I.M.C. †Priest of Consolata MissionariesBishop Emeritus of Líbano-Honda, Colombia 25.7Ordained PriestEdgardo Gabriel Storni †Priest of Santa Fe, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina 24.1Ordained PriestEnrique Troncoso Troncoso †Priest of Santiago de ChileBishop Emeritus of Melipilla, Chile 24 Dec33.6Ordained PriestPaulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †PriestAuxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankara), India 41.1AppointedNéophytos Edelby, B.A. †Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Osrhoëne dei Greco-MelkitiArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria 41.1ConfirmedNéophytos Edelby, B.A. †Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek), SyriaArchbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria 25.7Ordained PriestClaude Feidt †Priest of Le Puy-en-Velay, FranceArchbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles), France 25.3Ordained PriestGuido Plante, P.M.E. †Priest of Société des Missions-ÉtrangèresBishop Emeritus of Choluteca, Honduras 25 Dec89.5DiedEmilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. †Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru 26 Dec BornStephen ChirappanathApostolic Visitor (Visitator) 27 Dec35.7Ordained BishopJohannes Willem Maria Bluyssen (Bluijssen) †Titular Bishop of AëtusBishop Emeritus of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands 27.0Ordained PriestPaul Dacoury-TableyPriestBishop Emeritus of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire 50.1Ordained BishopPaul Grégoire †Titular Bishop of CurubisCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada 28 Dec54.5AppointedJean Émile André Marie Maury †Apostolic Internuncio to SénégalArchbishop Emeritus of Reims, France 29 Dec BornCarlos Eduardo Márquez DelimaAuxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela 30 Dec BornVilhelms Toms Marija Lapelis, O.P.Bishop Emeritus of Liepāja, Latvia 31 Dec23.3Ordained PriestNestor Celestial CariñoPriest of Legazpi, PhilippinesBishop Emeritus 50.9Ordained BishopGuido Del Mestri †Titular Archbishop of TuscamiaCardinal, Apostolic Nuncio 53.1Ordained BishopFelice Pirozzi †Titular Archbishop of GratianaPresident of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy