The Year of Our Lord 1928

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 48.1 Appointed Rafael Balanzá y Navarro † Bishop of Lugo, Spain

52.4 Appointed John Joseph McMahon † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

50.7 Appointed Ernest-Victor Mennechet † Bishop of Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), France

54.2 Appointed Thomas Joseph Walsh † Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. Guarani das Missões Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil

3 Mar 22.9 Ordained Priest Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy

Born John Stephen Cummins Oakland Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA

22.5 Ordained Priest Benedetto Falcucci † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy

68.1 Appointed Luís Silva Lezaeta † Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile

6 Mar Born Georg Eder Mattsee Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria

38.0 Ordained Bishop Edward Joseph Kelly † Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA

7 Mar 49.6 Appointed Lorenzo Balconi, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil

9 Mar Born José Freire de Oliveira Neto Apodí Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

10 Mar 45.1 Appointed Antonio Cardona Riera † Coadjutor Bishop of Menorca, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain

45.1 Appointed Antonio Cardona Riera † Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain

57.5 Appointed Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu † Bishop of Vitoria, Spain Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Tomás Muñiz Pablos † Bishop of Pamplona, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

54.1 Appointed Tomás Muñiz Pablos † Bishop of Tudela, Spain Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

11 Mar 42.3 Ordained Bishop Attilio Adinolfi † Bishop of Trivento, Italy Bishop of Anagni, Italy

44.8 Ordained Bishop Maurice Feltin † Bishop of Troyes, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

48.4 Ordained Bishop Dionisio Moreno y Barrio † Bishop of Coria, Spain

12 Mar 53.8 Installed Michael Buchberger † Bishop of Regensburg, Germany

62.9 Ordained Bishop Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia Abbot of Montecassino, Italy

Born Guillermo Ranzahuer González Huatusco Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México

Born Atilano Vidal Núñez † San Juan de Barrio Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina

13 Mar Born Giocondo Maria Grotti, O.S.M. † Pieve di Budrio, Spain Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil

14 Mar Born Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.I. † Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Born Alcides Mendoza Castro Mariscal Cáceres Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

Born Giovanni Volta Gazoldo degli Ippoliti Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy

16 Mar Born Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist. Eger Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary

18 Mar 42.3 Ordained Bishop Pietro Ciriaci † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

55.3 Ordained Bishop Fortunado Devoto † Titular Bishop of Attaea Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

48.3 Ordained Bishop Constancio Jurgens, C.I.C.M. † Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Francis Gerard Kramer, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Lu An [Changzhi], China

22.5 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Mojoli † Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

19 Mar Born José María Setién Alberro Hernani Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

20 Mar Born Érico Ferrari † Nova Palma Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Born Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. † Canindé Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil

23 Mar 39.3 Appointed Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus

39.3 Appointed Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal

Born Jean Huard † Boussu Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium

69.0 Appointed Hector-Raphaël Quilliet † Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

69.0 Resigned Hector-Raphaël Quilliet † Bishop of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

24 Mar 26.4 Ordained Priest Adolf Bolte † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Bishop of Fulda, Germany

44.9 Installed Maurice Feltin † Bishop of Troyes, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

26.5 Ordained Priest Jerome M. Fernandez † Priest of Quilon, India Bishop Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Carl Joseph Leiprecht † Priest of Rottenburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus

22.7 Ordained Priest Antonio Oña de Echave † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain

23.5 Ordained Priest Fernando Ruiz y Solózarno † Priest Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México

Born Michel Marie Paul Saudreau † Paris Bishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France

25 Mar 26.3 Ordained Priest Paolo Dezza, S.J. † Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus

57.4 Ordained Bishop Konstantyn Dominik † Titular Bishop of Athribis Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland

40.1 Appointed Bernard James Sheil † Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

40.1 Appointed Bernard James Sheil † Titular Bishop of Pegae Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

28 Mar 42.3 Appointed Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

42.3 Appointed Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

38.4 Appointed Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

Born Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke Erfurt Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

47.1 Appointed Pietro Tcheng † Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China

47.1 Appointed Pietro Tcheng † Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China

53.2 Appointed Sylvain van Hee, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.2 Appointed Sylvain van Hee, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Possala Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

29 Mar 60.4 Appointed Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Malta Bishop

49.6 Ordained Bishop John Michael McNamara † Titular Bishop of Eumenia Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

30 Mar Born João Corso, S.D.B. Cajobí Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Alfred Kleinermeilert Muesch Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany

55.5 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús López y Gonzalez † Titular Bishop of Dadima Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México

36.9 Appointed Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. † Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia Prelate Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Joseph Francis Rummel † Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

31 Mar Born Peter Henrici, S.J. Zürich Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

1 Apr Born Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras † Mayagüez Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico

2 Apr Born Joseph Louis Bernardin † Columbia Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

3 Apr Born Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. † Colombier-Fontaine, France Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

64.0 Died Michael O'Farrell, C.M. † Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

4 Apr Born Giacomo Barabino Livellato di Ceranesi Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy

Born Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu Molegbe Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

6 Apr 58.6 Resigned Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bamako, Mali Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Paul-Werner Scheele Olpe Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

7 Apr 28.6 Ordained Priest José Maria Cavallero † Priest Bishop of Minas, Uruguay

Born Decio Lucio Grandoni † Todi Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy

22.4 Ordained Priest Rafael Grovas Felix † Priest of San Juan de Puerto Rico Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico

22.3 Ordained Priest Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México

22.3 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Petralia † Priest of Monreale, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy

23.6 Ordained Priest Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France

27.1 Ordained Priest Roberto Ronca † Priest Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy

9 Apr Born Domingos Lam Ka Tseung Hong Kong Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China

37.2 Succeeded John Francis Norton † Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

10 Apr Born José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty † Imanya Bishop Emeritus of Lwena, Angola

11 Apr 44.5 Appointed Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Lipari, Italy

Born Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. † Asahikawa Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

12 Apr 69.3 Appointed Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart † Titular Archbishop of Melitene Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

13 Apr Born Godefroy-Emile Mpwati † Bilala Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

15 Apr 50.3 Ordained Bishop Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. † Titular Bishop of Selymbria Bishop of Lérida, Spain

25.9 Ordained Priest Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India

17 Apr Born François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán † Huê Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

18 Apr 65.8 Died José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide Echeverría † Bishop of Melo, Uruguay

19 Apr Born Balashoury Thanugundla † Reddipalem Bishop of Guntur, India

20 Apr 65.1 Appointed Anton Gisler † Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

65.1 Appointed Anton Gisler † Titular Bishop of Milevum Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland

22 Apr Born Giovanni De Andrea Rivarolo Canavese, Italy Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

74.2 Died José Mora y del Rio † Archbishop of México, Federal District

42.0 Ordained Bishop Leon Wetmański † Titular Bishop of Camachus Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland

23 Apr Born Wolfgang Große (Grosse) † Dortmund Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

Born Antonino Orrù Sinnai Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy

84.6 Died Charles Algernon Stanley † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

25 Apr 44.6 Installed Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka † Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Nogara † Archbishop of Udine, Italy

47.8 Ordained Bishop Fortunato Antonio Spruit, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Vaga Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China

26 Apr 43.3 Appointed Jean El-Hage † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria

Born John Aloysius Marshall † Worcester, MA Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

52.6 Ordained Bishop John Joseph McMahon † Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

27 Apr Born Manuel Pestana Filho Santos Bishop Emeritus of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil

Born Edoardo Ricci Pignona di Sesta Godano Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy

28 Apr Born Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara † Maramthode Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India

78.9 Died Augustinus Josephus Callier † Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

Born Patrick Paul D'Souza Bendur Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India

Born Georges Kwaïter, B.S. Damas Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon

56.8 Appointed Emanuele Phares † Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti

Born Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. † Bafang Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

29 Apr 43.3 Ordained Bishop Jean El-Hage † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria

Born Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. † Beveren-Leie, Belgium Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See

Born Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap. Resplendor Bishop Emeritus of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil

30 Apr Born Allan Chamgwera Nkhonjiwa Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi

Born Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. † Belle-Vallée Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Rafael Balanzá y Navarro †	Bishop of Lugo, Spain
52.4	Appointed	John Joseph McMahon †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
50.7	Appointed	Ernest-Victor Mennechet †	Bishop of Soissons (, Laon, e Saint-Quentin), France
54.2	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Walsh †	Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
	Born	Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M.	Guarani das Missões	Bishop Emeritus of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil
3 Mar	22.9	Ordained Priest	Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Padova {Padua}, Italy
	Born	John Stephen Cummins	Oakland	Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, California, USA
22.5	Ordained Priest	Benedetto Falcucci †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Penne e Pescara, Italy
68.1	Appointed	Luís Silva Lezaeta †	Bishop of Antofagasta, Chile
6 Mar		Born	Georg Eder	Mattsee	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg, Austria
38.0	Ordained Bishop	Edward Joseph Kelly †	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
7 Mar	49.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Balconi, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Hanchung [Hanzhong], China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Celso Pereira de Almeida, O.P.	Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo	Bishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
9 Mar		Born	José Freire de Oliveira Neto	Apodí	Bishop Emeritus of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
10 Mar	45.1	Appointed	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Coadjutor Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
45.1	Appointed	Antonio Cardona Riera †	Titular Bishop of Chersonesus in Creta	Bishop Emeritus of Ibiza, Spain
57.5	Appointed	Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu †	Bishop of Vitoria, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Tomás Muñiz Pablos †	Bishop of Pamplona, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
54.1	Appointed	Tomás Muñiz Pablos †	Bishop of Tudela, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
11 Mar	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Attilio Adinolfi †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy	Bishop of Anagni, Italy
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Feltin †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Dionisio Moreno y Barrio †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
12 Mar	53.8	Installed	Michael Buchberger †	Bishop of Regensburg, Germany
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Gregorio Diamare, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Constantia in Arabia	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy
	Born	Guillermo Ranzahuer González	Huatusco	Bishop Emeritus of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
	Born	Atilano Vidal Núñez †	San Juan de Barrio	Bishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
13 Mar		Born	Giocondo Maria Grotti, O.S.M. †	Pieve di Budrio, Spain	Prelate of Acre e Purus, Acre, Brazil
14 Mar		Born	Enrico Bartolucci Panaroni, M.C.C.I. †	Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
	Born	Alcides Mendoza Castro	Mariscal Cáceres	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
	Born	Giovanni Volta	Gazoldo degli Ippoliti	Bishop Emeritus of Pavia, Italy
16 Mar		Born	Ferenc Keszthelyi, O. Cist.	Eger	Bishop Emeritus of Vác, Hungary
18 Mar	42.3	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Ciriaci †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Fortunado Devoto †	Titular Bishop of Attaea	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Constancio Jurgens, C.I.C.M. †	Bishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Francis Gerard Kramer, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Lu An [Changzhi], China
22.5	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Mojoli †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
19 Mar		Born	José María Setién Alberro	Hernani	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
20 Mar		Born	Érico Ferrari †	Nova Palma	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Timóteo Francisco Nemésio Pereira Cordeiro, O.F.M. Cap. †	Canindé	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
23 Mar	39.3	Appointed	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Archbishop (Personal Title), Auxiliary of Lisboa, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus
39.3	Appointed	Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal
	Born	Jean Huard †	Boussu	Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}, Belgium
69.0	Appointed	Hector-Raphaël Quilliet †	Titular Archbishop of Sergiopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
69.0	Resigned	Hector-Raphaël Quilliet †	Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
24 Mar	26.4	Ordained Priest	Adolf Bolte †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
44.9	Installed	Maurice Feltin †	Bishop of Troyes, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
26.5	Ordained Priest	Jerome M. Fernandez †	Priest of Quilon, India	Bishop Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Carl Joseph Leiprecht †	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
22.7	Ordained Priest	Antonio Oña de Echave †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Lugo, Spain
23.5	Ordained Priest	Fernando Ruiz y Solózarno †	Priest	Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México
	Born	Michel Marie Paul Saudreau †	Paris	Bishop Emeritus of Le Havre, France
25 Mar	26.3	Ordained Priest	Paolo Dezza, S.J. †	Cardinal, Priest of Society of Jesus
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Konstantyn Dominik †	Titular Bishop of Athribis	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
40.1	Appointed	Bernard James Sheil †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
40.1	Appointed	Bernard James Sheil †	Titular Bishop of Pegae	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
28 Mar	42.3	Appointed	Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
42.3	Appointed	Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Mastaura in Asia	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
38.4	Appointed	Hector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lahore, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Ernst Franz Gerd Werner Dicke	Erfurt	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
47.1	Appointed	Pietro Tcheng †	Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China
47.1	Appointed	Pietro Tcheng †	Titular Bishop of Sozusa in Palaestina	Vicar Apostolic of Süanhwafu, China
53.2	Appointed	Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.2	Appointed	Sylvain van Hee, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Possala	Vicar Apostolic of Koango o Kwango, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
29 Mar	60.4	Appointed	Mauro Caruana, O.S.B. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Malta	Bishop
49.6	Ordained Bishop	John Michael McNamara †	Titular Bishop of Eumenia	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
30 Mar		Born	João Corso, S.D.B.	Cajobí	Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Alfred Kleinermeilert	Muesch	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Trier, Germany
55.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús López y Gonzalez †	Titular Bishop of Dadima	Bishop of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México
36.9	Appointed	Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. †	Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia	Prelate Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Joseph Francis Rummel †	Bishop of Omaha, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
31 Mar		Born	Peter Henrici, S.J.	Zürich	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
1 Apr		Born	Ricardo Antonio Suriñach Carreras †	Mayagüez	Bishop Emeritus of Ponce, Puerto Rico
2 Apr		Born	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Columbia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Apr		Born	Michel Marie Joseph Maître, C.S.Sp. †	Colombier-Fontaine, France	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
64.0	Died	Michael O'Farrell, C.M. †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
4 Apr		Born	Giacomo Barabino	Livellato di Ceranesi	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
	Born	Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu	Molegbe	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
6 Apr	58.6	Resigned	Emile-Fernand Sauvant, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bamako, Mali	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Paul-Werner Scheele	Olpe	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
7 Apr	28.6	Ordained Priest	José Maria Cavallero †	Priest	Bishop of Minas, Uruguay
	Born	Decio Lucio Grandoni †	Todi	Bishop Emeritus of Orvieto-Todi, Italy
22.4	Ordained Priest	Rafael Grovas Felix †	Priest of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico
22.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco Javier Nuño y Guerrero †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, México
22.3	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Petralia †	Priest of Monreale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy
23.6	Ordained Priest	Charles-Marie-Joseph-Henri de Provenchères †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Aix (-Arles-Embrun), France
27.1	Ordained Priest	Roberto Ronca †	Priest	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del SS.mo Rosario, Italy
9 Apr		Born	Domingos Lam Ka Tseung	Hong Kong	Bishop Emeritus of Macau, China
37.2	Succeeded	John Francis Norton †	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
10 Apr		Born	José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †	Imanya	Bishop Emeritus of Lwena, Angola
11 Apr	44.5	Appointed	Bernardino Salvatore Re, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Lipari, Italy
	Born	Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †	Asahikawa	Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
12 Apr	69.3	Appointed	Alfred-Henri-Marie Baudrillart †	Titular Archbishop of Melitene	Cardinal, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
13 Apr		Born	Godefroy-Emile Mpwati †	Bilala	Bishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
15 Apr	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Salvio Huix Miralpéix, C.O. †	Titular Bishop of Selymbria	Bishop of Lérida, Spain
25.9	Ordained Priest	Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to India
17 Apr		Born	François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuán †	Huê	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
18 Apr	65.8	Died	José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide Echeverría †	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay
19 Apr		Born	Balashoury Thanugundla †	Reddipalem	Bishop of Guntur, India
20 Apr	65.1	Appointed	Anton Gisler †	Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
65.1	Appointed	Anton Gisler †	Titular Bishop of Milevum	Coadjutor Bishop of Chur, Switzerland
22 Apr		Born	Giovanni De Andrea	Rivarolo Canavese, Italy	Vice President Emeritus of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
74.2	Died	José Mora y del Rio †	Archbishop of México, Federal District
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Leon Wetmański †	Titular Bishop of Camachus	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland
23 Apr		Born	Wolfgang Große (Grosse) †	Dortmund	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
	Born	Antonino Orrù	Sinnai	Bishop Emeritus of Ales-Terralba, Italy
84.6	Died	Charles Algernon Stanley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
25 Apr	44.6	Installed	Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †	Bishop of Nagasaki, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Nogara †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Fortunato Antonio Spruit, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Vaga	Vicar Apostolic of Luanfu, China
26 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Jean El-Hage †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	Born	John Aloysius Marshall †	Worcester, MA	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
52.6	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph McMahon †	Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
27 Apr		Born	Manuel Pestana Filho	Santos	Bishop Emeritus of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
	Born	Edoardo Ricci	Pignona di Sesta Godano	Bishop Emeritus of San Miniato, Italy
28 Apr		Born	Paulos Philoxinos Ayyamkulangara †	Maramthode	Auxiliary Bishop of Trivandrum (Malankarese), India
78.9	Died	Augustinus Josephus Callier †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
	Born	Patrick Paul D'Souza	Bendur	Bishop Emeritus of Varanasi, India
	Born	Georges Kwaïter, B.S.	Damas	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
56.8	Appointed	Emanuele Phares †	Titular Bishop of Tarsus dei Maroniti
	Born	Pierre Augustin Tchouanga, S.C.I. †	Bafang	Bishop Emeritus of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
29 Apr	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean El-Hage †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	Born	Jan Pieter Schotte, C.I.C.M. †	Beveren-Leie, Belgium	Cardinal, President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
	Born	Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto, O.F.M. Cap.	Resplendor	Bishop Emeritus of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Baia, Brazil
30 Apr		Born	Allan Chamgwera	Nkhonjiwa	Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
	Born	Henri Goudreault, O.M.I. †	Belle-Vallée	Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan, Alberta, Canada

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