Time Line 1957
Births
- Archbishop Francesco Monterisi
- Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho
- Archbishop Michele Di Ruberto
- Cardinal José Saraiva Martins
- Cardinal Severino Poletto
- Cardinal Walter Kasper
- Venerable Aloysius Schwartz
- Blessed Bernard Francis Casey
- Blessed Itala Mela
- Blessed János Brenner
- Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio
- Blessed Peter Verhun
- Blessed Pierina Morosini
- Saint Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad
- Servant of God Cora Louise Evans
- Venerable Carlo Angelo Sonzini
- Venerable Giovanni Jacono
- Venerable Josefa Segovia Morón
- Venerable María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo y Pidal
- Venerable Zacarías Salterain-Bizkarra
Founded
Elevations
- A Saint Who Founded A Religious Order – Saint Francis of Assisi
- A Saint Who Was A King – Saint Edward of England
- A Saint Who Was A Lawyer – Saint Thomas More
- A Saint Who Was A Parish Priest – Saint John Vianney
- Invicti Athletae – On Saint Andrew Bobola, by Pope Pius XII, 16 May 1957
- Le Pelerinage de Lourdes – Warning Against Materialism, by Pope Pius XII, 2 July 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
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