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Canonizations

Beatifications

• Blessed Eugenie Smet

Venerations

Births

• Archbishop Mauricio Grotto de Camargo
• Bishop Filippo Iannone
• Bishop Otto Separy

Deaths

• Blessed Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad

Ordinations

• Archbishop Francesco Monterisi
• Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho
• Archbishop Michele Di Ruberto
• Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis
• Cardinal Edward Michael Egan
• Cardinal José Saraiva Martins
• Cardinal Severino Poletto

Professions

• Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho

Consecrations

Founded

• Diocese of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam

Elevated

Published

• Pope Pius XII: Invicti Athletae - On Saint Andrew Bobola, 16 May 1957

Other Events

• United Church of Christ founded by ecumenical union of Congregationalists and Evangelical & Reformed, representing Calvinists and Lutherans
• Malaysia becomes independent from Great Britain