Time Line 1959
Births
- Alphonsus Lambe
- Blessed Dedë Malaj
- Blessed Ioan Bãlan
- Blessed María Felicia Guggiari Echeverria
- Blessed Metoděj Dominik Trčka
- Blessed Mykolai Charnetskyi
- Blessed René Dubroux
- Saint María Natividad Venegas de La Torre
- Venerable Bianca Piccolomini-Clementini
- Venerable Luisa Aveledo y Aveledo
- Venerable Maria Dolores Segarra Gestoso
Founded
Elevations
- Grata Recordatio – On the Rosary, by Pope Saint John XIII, 26 September 1959
- Meditation for the Feast of the Guardian Angels – Pope John XXIII – 2 October 1959
- Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia – On Saint John Vianney, by Pope John XIII, 1 August 1959
Other Events
- Pope John XXIII announces his intention to hold the Vatican II Council
- the United Church of Christ issues their Statement of Faith
- Saint Lawrence of Brindisi proclaimed a Doctor of the Church
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