The Year of Our Lord 1938

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar Born José Doth de Oliveira Pedra Branca Bishop Emeritus of Iguatú, Ceara, Brazil

3 Mar 71.9 Died Alfred Flocard † Bishop of Limoges, France

26.0 Ordained Priest Bruno Wüstenberg † Priest Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands

4 Mar 52.1 Confirmed Joseph-Jean Heintz † Bishop of Metz, France

Born Sam Gallip Jacobs Greenwood Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA

5 Mar 56.9 Succeeded John Hugh MacDonald † Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

59.0 Died Henry Joseph O’Leary † Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

6 Mar 49.9 Ordained Bishop Pavao Butorac † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

45.0 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Chávez Alcazar † Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia

Born Francesco Coccopalmerio San Giuliano Milanese Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

Born Luis Robles Díaz † El Grullo, México Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

7 Mar 54.5 Appointed Louis Liagre † Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France

46.2 Appointed James Mendonça † Bishop of Trichinopoly, India Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

58.6 Appointed Jean-Marcel Rodié † Bishop of Agen, France Bishop Emeritus

11 Mar 26.1 Ordained Priest Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)

12 Mar Born Jan Blaha † Brno, Czech Republic Bishop of the Titular See

73.7 Died William Codd † Bishop of Ferns, Ireland

23.2 Ordained Priest Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad

28.3 Ordained Priest Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi

24.2 Ordained Priest Francisco Miranda Vicente † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain

39.2 Appointed Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez † Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

Born Juan Horacio Suárez Villa Nueva Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina

26.1 Ordained Priest Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza † Priest of Tacna, Peru Bishop

13 Mar 76.5 Died Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti † Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy

59.8 Ordained Bishop Leone Proserpio, S.J. † Bishop of Calicut, India

Born Ercílio Turco Campinas Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil

14 Mar Born Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar Teotepeque Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador

Born Florentino Ferrer Cinense Guimba Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines

15 Mar Born José Foralosso, S.D.B. † Cervarese S. Croce Bishop Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil

17 Mar 66.8 Appointed Pietro Boetto, S.J. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy

52.5 Appointed Michal Buzalka † Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia

52.5 Appointed Michal Buzalka † Titular Bishop of Cone Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia

60.6 Appointed Réginald Duprat, O.P. † Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Rafael Lira Infante † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

35.9 Appointed Mariano Madriaga † Bishop of Lingayen, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

52.8 Appointed William Francis Murphy † Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Born Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien Ballycastle, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

47.6 Appointed Giuseppe Pronti † Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy

18 Mar 66.8 Appointed Pietro Boetto, S.J. † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy

71.3 Appointed Melquisedec del Canto Terán † Titular Bishop of Adrasus Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

71.3 Resigned Melquisedec del Canto Terán † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 25.5 Ordained Priest Anthony Rayappa Arulappa † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India

53.2 Appointed Roberto Bernardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Ordained Bishop Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Thois Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23.3 Ordained Priest Reginald John Delargey † Priest of Auckland, New Zealand Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

24.4 Ordained Priest Vincent Madeley Harris † Priest of Galveston, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA

24.6 Ordained Priest Laurentius Satoshi Nagae † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Urawa, Japan

20 Mar 26.4 Ordained Priest Artemio G. Casas † Priest of Manila, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines

23.7 Ordained Priest Jozsef Kacziba † Priest Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary

Born Paul Zingtung Grawng Lunghkat Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

21 Mar 29.0 Ordained Priest John Shojiro Ito † Priest of Niigata, Japan Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

57.4 Appointed Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China Archbishop Emeritus of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China

57.4 Appointed Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Araxa Archbishop Emeritus of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China

22 Mar 62.8 Died John Barry † Bishop of Goulburn, Australia

24 Mar 66.8 Resigned Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

70.1 Died Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán † Bishop of Concepción, Chile

Born Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I. Lendinaria, Italy Bishop of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica

Born Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado Maroantsetra Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar

25 Mar 36.5 Ordained Bishop Miguel Acebedo y Flores † Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines

25.2 Ordained Priest Gérard Couturier † Priest of Rimouski, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive, Québec, Canada

50.5 Ordained Bishop Bartholomew Joseph Eustace † Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

50.0 Succeeded William Joseph Hafey † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

23.8 Ordained Priest Antonio Iannucci † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy

Born Denis Kiwanuka Lote Pallisa Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda

41.2 Ordained Bishop Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia † Bishop of Palo, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines

65.1 Died Thomas Charles O’Reilly † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

26 Mar 62.4 Died Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa † Bishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil

27 Mar 43.3 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. † Titular Bishop of Bisica Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

23.1 Ordained Priest Hermínio Malzone Hugo † Priest of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil

28 Mar Born Carlo Ellena Valperga, Italy Bishop of Zé-Doca, Maranho, Brazil

29 Mar 65.4 Appointed Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. † Bishop of Darwin, Australia

42.8 Appointed Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † Vicar Apostolic of Nanyang [Nanyang], China Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

42.8 Appointed Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Citharizum Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China

Born Manuel Monteiro de Castro S. Eufemia, Portugal Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

57.1 Appointed John Reesinck, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

57.1 Appointed John Reesinck, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Thinis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda

30 Mar 57.4 Appointed Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece

Born Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. Cistierna, Spain Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

44.7 Appointed Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada

44.7 Appointed Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. † Titular Bishop of Limata Bishop Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada

51.2 Appointed Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada

51.2 Appointed Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Risinium Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada

Born Tadeusz Rakoczy Gilowice Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

31 Mar Born Benjamín Jiménez Hernández Pénjamo Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México

Born Silvano Montevecchi Villa San Giorgio Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy

66.3 Died Joseph John Rice † Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA

1 Apr Born Pierre Nguyên Văn Nhon Ðà Lat Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam

2 Apr 23.9 Ordained Priest Gerard Louis Frey † Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

23.6 Ordained Priest Paolo Mosconi † Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iraq

23.3 Ordained Priest Josip Pavlišić † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia

3 Apr 27.6 Ordained Priest Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo † Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines

Born Genival Saraiva de França Alcantil Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

5 Apr 78.2 Died Louis Termier † Bishop of Tarentaise, France

8 Apr 41.7 Appointed Pacifico Calzolari, O.F.M. † Prefect of Xiangtan [Siangtan], China

Born Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo Singapore Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

57.5 Installed Antonio García y García † Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain

42.3 Appointed Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. † Prefect of Tukuyu, Tanzania Prefect Emeritus

9 Apr 54.0 Appointed Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto † Coadjutor Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua Archbishop

54.0 Appointed Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto † Titular Archbishop of Odessus Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

24.0 Ordained Priest Epifanio Surban Belmonte † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Dumaguete, Philippines

10 Apr 25.2 Ordained Priest Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. † Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia

Born Ruben T. Profugo Lucena Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines

12 Apr 52.1 Appointed Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil

70.7 Appointed Hilaire Felder, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Geras

13 Apr 68.8 Appointed Alfonso Ferrandina † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

68.8 Appointed Alfonso Ferrandina † Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Born Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra Bogotá Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia

14 Apr 74.1 Appointed Joseph-Lucien Giray † Titular Archbishop of Selymbria Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France

Born Elias James Manning, O.F.M. Conv. Troy Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Born Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. Nova Trento Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil

16 Apr 27.0 Ordained Priest Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña † Priest Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay

22.8 Ordained Priest António Cardoso Cunha † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal

23.7 Ordained Priest José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23.6 Ordained Priest Alfonso Niehues † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

24.4 Ordained Priest Enrique Pechuán Marín † Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina

23.4 Ordained Priest Rafael Sarmiento Peralta † Priest of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

23.7 Ordained Priest Luis Juan Tomé † Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina

17 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Armido Gasparini, F.S.C.J. † Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia

32.3 Ordained Priest François Ndong † Priest of Libreville, Gabon Bishop Emeritus of Oyem, Gabon

18 Apr 23.5 Ordained Priest Paul Constant Schoenmaekers † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

20 Apr Born Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B. Jasper, IN Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

57.1 Appointed Ettore Felici † Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland

21 Apr 84.3 Died Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. † Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit

23 Apr 69.1 Appointed Joseph Butt † Titular Archbishop of Nicopsis Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

69.1 Retired Joseph Butt † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Grady † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA

24 Apr 66.9 Ordained Bishop Pietro Boetto, S.J. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy

Born Angel Gelmi Bertocchi Gandino Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

Born Joseph Nduhirubusa † Kigarika Bishop Emeritus of Ruyigi, Burundi

24.5 Ordained Priest Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M. † Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa

51.5 Ordained Bishop José Selva e Amaral, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Metrae Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil

25 Apr 49.6 Ordained Bishop Johann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Latopolis Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica

39.3 Ordained Bishop Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez † Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica

26 Apr Born Osvino José Both Três Arroios Archbishop of Brazil, Military

27 Apr 64.4 Installed Thomas Joseph Walsh † Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

29 Apr 58.4 Appointed Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) † Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar		Born	José Doth de Oliveira	Pedra Branca	Bishop Emeritus of Iguatú, Ceara, Brazil
3 Mar	71.9	Died	Alfred Flocard †	Bishop of Limoges, France
26.0	Ordained Priest	Bruno Wüstenberg †	Priest	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Netherlands
4 Mar	52.1	Confirmed	Joseph-Jean Heintz †	Bishop of Metz, France
	Born	Sam Gallip Jacobs	Greenwood	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
5 Mar	56.9	Succeeded	John Hugh MacDonald †	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Died	Henry Joseph O’Leary †	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
6 Mar	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Pavao Butorac †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Chávez Alcazar †	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia
	Born	Francesco Coccopalmerio	San Giuliano Milanese	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
	Born	Luis Robles Díaz †	El Grullo, México	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
7 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Louis Liagre †	Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
46.2	Appointed	James Mendonça †	Bishop of Trichinopoly, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
58.6	Appointed	Jean-Marcel Rodié †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	26.1	Ordained Priest	Patrick Vincent Hurley, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Samoa-Apia and Tokelau, Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)
12 Mar		Born	Jan Blaha †	Brno, Czech Republic	Bishop of the Titular See
73.7	Died	William Codd †	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland
23.2	Ordained Priest	Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Moundou, Chad
28.3	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
24.2	Ordained Priest	Francisco Miranda Vicente †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
39.2	Appointed	Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez †	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
	Born	Juan Horacio Suárez	Villa Nueva	Bishop of Gregorio de Laferrere, Argentina
26.1	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza †	Priest of Tacna, Peru	Bishop
13 Mar	76.5	Died	Carlo Dalmazio Minoretti †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Leone Proserpio, S.J. †	Bishop of Calicut, India
	Born	Ercílio Turco	Campinas	Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil
14 Mar		Born	Rodrigo Orlando Cabrera Cuéllar	Teotepeque	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
	Born	Florentino Ferrer Cinense	Guimba	Bishop of Tarlac, Philippines
15 Mar		Born	José Foralosso, S.D.B. †	Cervarese S. Croce	Bishop Emeritus of Marabá, Para, Brazil
17 Mar	66.8	Appointed	Pietro Boetto, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
52.5	Appointed	Michal Buzalka †	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia
52.5	Appointed	Michal Buzalka †	Titular Bishop of Cone	Auxiliary Bishop of Trnava, Slovakia
60.6	Appointed	Réginald Duprat, O.P. †	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Rafael Lira Infante †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
35.9	Appointed	Mariano Madriaga †	Bishop of Lingayen, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
52.8	Appointed	William Francis Murphy †	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
	Born	Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien	Ballycastle, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
47.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Pronti †	Bishop of Acquapendente, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
18 Mar	66.8	Appointed	Pietro Boetto, S.J. †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Angelo in Pescheria	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
71.3	Appointed	Melquisedec del Canto Terán †	Titular Bishop of Adrasus	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
71.3	Resigned	Melquisedec del Canto Terán †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India
53.2	Appointed	Roberto Bernardino Berríos Gaínza, O.F.M. †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Frédéric Marie Blessing, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thois	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23.3	Ordained Priest	Reginald John Delargey †	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Cardinal, Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
24.4	Ordained Priest	Vincent Madeley Harris †	Priest of Galveston, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
24.6	Ordained Priest	Laurentius Satoshi Nagae †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Urawa, Japan
20 Mar	26.4	Ordained Priest	Artemio G. Casas †	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Jaro, Philippines
23.7	Ordained Priest	Jozsef Kacziba †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Győr (Raab), Hungary
	Born	Paul Zingtung Grawng	Lunghkat	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
21 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	John Shojiro Ito †	Priest of Niigata, Japan	Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
57.4	Appointed	Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Suiyüan [Hohot], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
57.4	Appointed	Louis Morel, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Araxa	Archbishop Emeritus of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
22 Mar	62.8	Died	John Barry †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
24 Mar	66.8	Resigned	Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
70.1	Died	Gilberto Fuenzalida Guzmán †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile
	Born	Vittorino Girardi Stellin, M.C.C.I.	Lendinaria, Italy	Bishop of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica
	Born	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Maroantsetra	Archbishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar
25 Mar	36.5	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Acebedo y Flores †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
25.2	Ordained Priest	Gérard Couturier †	Priest of Rimouski, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hauterive, Québec, Canada
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Bartholomew Joseph Eustace †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
50.0	Succeeded	William Joseph Hafey †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
23.8	Ordained Priest	Antonio Iannucci †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Pescara-Penne, Italy
	Born	Denis Kiwanuka Lote	Pallisa	Archbishop of Tororo, Uganda
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Mascariñas y Morgia †	Bishop of Palo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
65.1	Died	Thomas Charles O’Reilly †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
26 Mar	62.4	Died	Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa †	Bishop Emeritus of Amazonas, Brazil
27 Mar	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Zhao Zhen-sheng (Chao Cheng-sheng), S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Bisica	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
23.1	Ordained Priest	Hermínio Malzone Hugo †	Priest of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28 Mar		Born	Carlo Ellena	Valperga, Italy	Bishop of Zé-Doca, Maranho, Brazil
29 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
42.8	Appointed	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Vicar Apostolic of Nanyang [Nanyang], China	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
42.8	Appointed	Pietro Massa, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Citharizum	Bishop of Nanyang [Nanyang], China
	Born	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	S. Eufemia, Portugal	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
57.1	Appointed	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	John Reesinck, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thinis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Upper Nile {Nilo Superiore}, Uganda
30 Mar	57.4	Appointed	Florido Ambrogio Acciari, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Rhodos {Rhodes}, Greece
	Born	Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D.	Cistierna, Spain	Auxiliary Bishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
44.7	Appointed	Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
44.7	Appointed	Napoléon-Alexandre Labrie, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Limata	Bishop Emeritus of Golfe St-Laurent, Québec, Canada
51.2	Appointed	Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
51.2	Appointed	Ubald Langlois, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Vicar Apostolic of Grouard, Alberta, Canada
	Born	Tadeusz Rakoczy	Gilowice	Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
31 Mar		Born	Benjamín Jiménez Hernández	Pénjamo	Bishop Emeritus of Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
	Born	Silvano Montevecchi	Villa San Giorgio	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
66.3	Died	Joseph John Rice †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
1 Apr		Born	Pierre Nguyên Văn Nhon	Ðà Lat	Archbishop of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam
2 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Gerard Louis Frey †	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
23.6	Ordained Priest	Paolo Mosconi †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Iraq
23.3	Ordained Priest	Josip Pavlišić †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Rijeka-Senj, Croatia
3 Apr	27.6	Ordained Priest	Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo †	Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Tuguegarao, Philippines
	Born	Genival Saraiva de França	Alcantil	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
5 Apr	78.2	Died	Louis Termier †	Bishop of Tarentaise, France
8 Apr	41.7	Appointed	Pacifico Calzolari, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Xiangtan [Siangtan], China
	Born	Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo	Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
57.5	Installed	Antonio García y García †	Archbishop of Valladolid, Spain
42.3	Appointed	Ludwig Haag, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Tukuyu, Tanzania	Prefect Emeritus
9 Apr	54.0	Appointed	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua	Archbishop
54.0	Appointed	Vicente Alejandro González y Robleto †	Titular Archbishop of Odessus	Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
24.0	Ordained Priest	Epifanio Surban Belmonte †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Dumaguete, Philippines
10 Apr	25.2	Ordained Priest	Rudolf Johannes Maria Koppmann, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Windhoek, Namibia
	Born	Ruben T. Profugo	Lucena	Bishop Emeritus of Lucena, Philippines
12 Apr	52.1	Appointed	Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Botucatu, Brazil
70.7	Appointed	Hilaire Felder, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Geras
13 Apr	68.8	Appointed	Alfonso Ferrandina †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
68.8	Appointed	Alfonso Ferrandina †	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	Born	Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra	Bogotá	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
14 Apr	74.1	Appointed	Joseph-Lucien Giray †	Titular Archbishop of Selymbria	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
	Born	Elias James Manning, O.F.M. Conv.	Troy	Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	Born	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.	Nova Trento	Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
16 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña †	Priest	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
22.8	Ordained Priest	António Cardoso Cunha †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Vila Real, Portugal
23.7	Ordained Priest	José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23.6	Ordained Priest	Alfonso Niehues †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
24.4	Ordained Priest	Enrique Pechuán Marín †	Priest of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Bishop of Cruz del Eje, Argentina
23.4	Ordained Priest	Rafael Sarmiento Peralta †	Priest of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
23.7	Ordained Priest	Luis Juan Tomé †	Priest of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
17 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Armido Gasparini, F.S.C.J. †	Priest of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
32.3	Ordained Priest	François Ndong †	Priest of Libreville, Gabon	Bishop Emeritus of Oyem, Gabon
18 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Constant Schoenmaekers †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
20 Apr		Born	Daniel Mark Buechlein, O.S.B.	Jasper, IN	Archbishop Emeritus of Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
57.1	Appointed	Ettore Felici †	Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia	Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
21 Apr	84.3	Died	Alexandre-Louis-Victor-Aimé Le Roy, C.S.Sp. †	Superior General Emeritus of Congregation of the Holy Spirit
23 Apr	69.1	Appointed	Joseph Butt †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopsis	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
69.1	Retired	Joseph Butt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Grady †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Orlando, Florida, USA
24 Apr	66.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Boetto, S.J. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Genova, Italy
	Born	Angel Gelmi Bertocchi	Gandino	Auxiliary Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
	Born	Joseph Nduhirubusa †	Kigarika	Bishop Emeritus of Ruyigi, Burundi
24.5	Ordained Priest	Martin Elmar Schmid, C.M.M. †	Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
51.5	Ordained Bishop	José Selva e Amaral, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Metrae	Prelate of Registro do Araguaia, Brazil
25 Apr	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Johann Paul Odendahl Metz, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Latopolis	Vicar Apostolic of Limón, Costa Rica
39.3	Ordained Bishop	Víctor Manuel Sanabria y Martínez †	Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica	Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
26 Apr		Born	Osvino José Both	Três Arroios	Archbishop of Brazil, Military
27 Apr	64.4	Installed	Thomas Joseph Walsh †	Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
29 Apr	58.4	Appointed	Antonijs Urbšs (Urbbs) †	Bishop of Liepāja, Latvia