Time Line 1953

Births

• Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira

• Archbishop Albert LeGatt
• Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo

Ordinations

Religious Professions

Consecrations

• Pope Blessed John XXIII

Deaths

• Blessed Szilárd István Bogdánffy
• Saint Gaetano Catanoso
• Venerable István Sándor
• Venerable Teresa Candamo Álvarez-Calderon

Venerations

• Blessed Catherine Jarrige
• Blessed Elena Guerra
• Blessed Frederick Albert
• Saint Alphonsa of India

Beatifications

Canonizations

Founded

Elevations

• Blessed Alojzije Stepinac
• Pope Blessed John XXIII

• Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut

Publications

Other Events

• United States president Eisenhower signs an order adding the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegience

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