1958

The year 1958 AD.

Events

 * July 4: Pope Pius XII names Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) titular bishop of [[Ombi and auxiliary to Archbishop Baziak, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Kraków.
 * October 28: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice, elected as Pope John XXIII.
 * David Yonggi Cho founds the Yoido Full Gospel Church pentacostal) in South Korea.
 * Albino Luciano (later Pope John Paul I) named vicar general; later that year, Luciano was ordained as bishop of Vittorio Veneto.

Births and Deaths

 * October 9: Death of Pope Pius XII.