The Year of Our Lord 1958

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 65.7 Resigned Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

1 Mar 24.0 Ordained Priest Salvador Flores Huerta Priest Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México

79.9 Died Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. † Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru

26.8 Ordained Priest Augustus Peters † Priest of Aachen, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

70.5 Appointed Samual Alphonsius Stritch † Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith

2 Mar 70.4 Died Victorino Alvarez, S.D.B. † Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru

54.1 Appointed Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Tentyris Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

54.1 Appointed Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos

47.4 Appointed Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. † Bishop of Belize, Belize Bishop Emeritus

70.8 Died Joseph McCormack † Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain

27.5 Ordained Priest Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

77.6 Succeeded Ferenc Rogacs † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

88.5 Died Ferenc Virág † Bishop of Pécs, Hungary

3 Mar 55.2 Died Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

5 Mar 72.2 Died Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

53.8 Succeeded Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile

52.2 Ordained Bishop Victor Joseph Reed † Bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Born Franz Scharl Obendorf Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

6 Mar 57.5 Died Hubert James Cartwright † Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

8 Mar 31.0 Ordained Priest John Edward Heaps † Priest of Sydney, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.3 Succeeded José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. † Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil

9 Mar 83.2 Died Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. † Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil

12 Mar 46.1 Ordained Bishop Hyakinthos Gad † Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis Exarch Emeritus of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)

70.3 Resigned Ottone Raible, S.A.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

13 Mar 56.1 Died Joseph Halsall † Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

14 Mar Born Jan Niemiec Rzeszów, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

16 Mar 85.0 Died Lajlo Budanovic † Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Backa, Serbia

25.1 Ordained Priest Mario Cecchini Priest Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy

52.1 Ordained Bishop Pio Agostino Crivellari, O.F.M. † Bishop of Trivento, Italy

46.0 Ordained Bishop Enrique Principe † Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina

50.6 Ordained Bishop Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

18 Mar 28.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Kureethara † Priest of Cochin, India Bishop

19 Mar 23.0 Ordained Priest Mario Busquets Jordá Priest of Girona, Spain Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru

28.3 Ordained Priest Ramón Echarren Istúriz Priest Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

46.7 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ferreira Arreola † Titular Bishop of Arycanda Bishop of Texcoco, México, México

49.9 Ordained Bishop Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Bishop of Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

20 Mar Born Raymond Michel René Centène Banyuls-sur-Mer Bishop of Vannes, France

44.6 Appointed Alfonso Tóriz Cobián † Bishop of Querétaro, Querétaro, México Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 50.4 Appointed Alberto Rencoret Donoso † Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

22 Mar 24.1 Ordained Priest Felipe Aguirre Franco Priest Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México

27.9 Ordained Priest Benjamin J. Almoneda Priest Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines

25.2 Ordained Priest Arduino Bertoldo Priest Bishop of Foligno, Italy

26.9 Ordained Priest Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India

25.5 Ordained Priest Blaise-Ernest Morand Priest Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

23.3 Ordained Priest Alberto Jover Piamonte † Priest of Jaro, Philippines Archbishop

25.7 Ordained Priest Karl Josef Romer Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family

25.7 Ordained Priest Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

69.6 Died René van Heusden, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23 Mar 28.0 Ordained Priest Salvador T. Modesto Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines

24.2 Ordained Priest Severino M. Pelayo † Priest Bishop of Philippines, Military

25.6 Ordained Priest Gaudencio Borbon Rosales Priest of Lipa, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

24 Mar 30.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Jamshedpur, India

34.6 Ordained Priest George Victor Saupin, S.J. † Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Bhagalpur, India

25 Mar 45.2 Appointed David John Cashman † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

45.2 Appointed David John Cashman † Titular Bishop of Cantanus Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain

44.5 Appointed Carlo Martini † Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

53.3 Appointed Nicola Riezzo † Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy

26 Mar 78.2 Died Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India

55.1 Appointed Ramón José Castellano † Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

27 Mar Born Roberto Calara Mallari Masantol Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines

67.1 Died Patrick O'Neill † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

29 Mar 93.0 Died Alessandro Verde † Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

30 Mar 25.1 Ordained Priest Lubomyr Husar Priest of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

5 Apr 23.4 Ordained Priest José Sánchez González Priest Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

6 Apr 29.3 Ordained Priest Zéphyrin Toé Priest of Nouna, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso

7 Apr 23.5 Ordained Priest João Maria Messi, O.S.M. Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

8 Apr Born Salomon Lezoutié Yopougon Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire

9 Apr 60.4 Appointed Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil

45.4 Ordained Bishop Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Margum Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil

10 Apr 43.3 Appointed Paul Francis Leibold † Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archbishop

43.3 Appointed Paul Francis Leibold † Titular Bishop of Trebenna Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Born Victor Hugo Palma Paúl Ciudad de Guatemala Bishop of Escuintla, Guatemala

11 Apr 46.9 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica

55.8 Appointed Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Palmas, Brazil

27.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou, Burkina Faso

12 Apr 26.7 Ordained Priest James Patrick Keleher Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

25.5 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Murphy † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA

24.8 Ordained Priest Paul-Emile Saadé Priest Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon

13 Apr 38.0 Ordained Bishop José de Aquino Pereira Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

40.3 Ordained Bishop Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. † Bishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad

44.7 Ordained Bishop Laurentius Satoshi Nagae † Bishop of Urawa, Japan Bishop Emeritus

79.4 Died Charles Vogel, M.E.P. † Bishop of Swatow [Shantou], China

14 Apr 40.7 Appointed José Antonio Dammert Bellido Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

40.7 Appointed José Antonio Dammert Bellido Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru

15 Apr Appointed Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. † Prefect of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México

19.9 Professed Dieter Scholz, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe

27.8 Ordained Priest John Baptist Sequeira Priest Bishop Emeritus of Chikmagalur, India

16 Apr 39.9 Appointed Jackson Berenguer Prado † Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil

41.5 Appointed Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 67.2 Appointed Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy Bishop

18 Apr Born Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias Luanda Bishop of Cabinda, Angola

26.3 Ordained Priest François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang Priest of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam

43.3 Appointed Nikollë Troshani † Apostolic Administrator of Durrës, Albania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania

43.3 Appointed Nikollë Troshani † Titular Bishop of Cisamus Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania

19 Apr 45.4 Appointed Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

60.9 Appointed Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

62.7 Appointed Paulo de Tarso Campos † Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

20 Apr 61.2 Appointed Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

61.2 Appointed Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Batnae Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

56.7 Installed Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † Bishop of San Felipe, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

42.8 Ordained Bishop Fernando Romo Gutiérrez † Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Ordained Bishop Alejandro Schell † Titular Bishop of Birtha Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

51.6 Ordained Bishop Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Sufetula Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24 Apr 57.5 Died Basil Salvador Theodore Peres † Bishop of Mangalore, India

27 Apr 50.8 Ordained Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A. † Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

75.6 Died Peter Leo Ireton † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

42.6 Ordained Bishop Bernardino Piñera Carvallo Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

40.2 Ordained Bishop José Joaquim Ribeiro † Titular Bishop of Aegeae Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste

28 Apr 30.1 Appointed Alcides Mendoza Castro Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

30.1 Appointed Alcides Mendoza Castro Titular Bishop of Metrae Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

48.6 Appointed James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Hyderabad in Pakistan Bishop

30 Apr 38.4 Appointed Marijan Oblak † Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

38.4 Appointed Marijan Oblak † Titular Bishop of Flavias Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	65.7	Resigned	Camille Verfaillie, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Stanley-ville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
1 Mar	24.0	Ordained Priest	Salvador Flores Huerta	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, México
79.9	Died	Pedro Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Chachapoyas, Peru
26.8	Ordained Priest	Augustus Peters †	Priest of Aachen, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
70.5	Appointed	Samual Alphonsius Stritch †	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
2 Mar	70.4	Died	Victorino Alvarez, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
54.1	Appointed	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tentyris	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
54.1	Appointed	Jean-Rosière-Eugène Arnaud, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Thakhek, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Savannakhet, Laos
47.4	Appointed	Robert Louis Hodapp, S.J. †	Bishop of Belize, Belize	Bishop Emeritus
70.8	Died	Joseph McCormack †	Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, England, Great Britain
27.5	Ordained Priest	Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
77.6	Succeeded	Ferenc Rogacs †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
88.5	Died	Ferenc Virág †	Bishop of Pécs, Hungary
3 Mar	55.2	Died	Eugen Viktor Paul Seiterich †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
5 Mar	72.2	Died	Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
53.8	Succeeded	Carlos Guillermo Hartl de Laufen, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Victor Joseph Reed †	Bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	Born	Franz Scharl	Obendorf	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
6 Mar	57.5	Died	Hubert James Cartwright †	Coadjutor Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
8 Mar	31.0	Ordained Priest	John Edward Heaps †	Priest of Sydney, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Succeeded	José Vázquez Díaz, O. de M. †	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
9 Mar	83.2	Died	Inocéncio Lopez Santamaria, O. de M. †	Prelate of Bom Jesus do Piauí, Piaui, Brazil
12 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Hyakinthos Gad †	Titular Bishop of Gratianopolis	Exarch Emeritus of Greece, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Byzantine)
70.3	Resigned	Ottone Raible, S.A.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
13 Mar	56.1	Died	Joseph Halsall †	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
14 Mar		Born	Jan Niemiec	Rzeszów, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
16 Mar	85.0	Died	Lajlo Budanovic †	Apostolic Administrator of Jugoslavenska Backa, Serbia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Mario Cecchini	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Pio Agostino Crivellari, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Trivento, Italy
46.0	Ordained Bishop	Enrique Principe †	Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniae	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, Argentina
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
18 Mar	28.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kureethara †	Priest of Cochin, India	Bishop
19 Mar	23.0	Ordained Priest	Mario Busquets Jordá	Priest of Girona, Spain	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
28.3	Ordained Priest	Ramón Echarren Istúriz	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ferreira Arreola †	Titular Bishop of Arycanda	Bishop of Texcoco, México, México
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Bishop of Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
20 Mar		Born	Raymond Michel René Centène	Banyuls-sur-Mer	Bishop of Vannes, France
44.6	Appointed	Alfonso Tóriz Cobián †	Bishop of Querétaro, Querétaro, México	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	50.4	Appointed	Alberto Rencoret Donoso †	Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
22 Mar	24.1	Ordained Priest	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Priest	Archbishop of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
27.9	Ordained Priest	Benjamin J. Almoneda	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Daet, Philippines
25.2	Ordained Priest	Arduino Bertoldo	Priest	Bishop of Foligno, Italy
26.9	Ordained Priest	Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Jullundur, India
25.5	Ordained Priest	Blaise-Ernest Morand	Priest	Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
23.3	Ordained Priest	Alberto Jover Piamonte †	Priest of Jaro, Philippines	Archbishop
25.7	Ordained Priest	Karl Josef Romer	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
25.7	Ordained Priest	Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
69.6	Died	René van Heusden, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Mar	28.0	Ordained Priest	Salvador T. Modesto	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of San Carlos, Philippines
24.2	Ordained Priest	Severino M. Pelayo †	Priest	Bishop of Philippines, Military
25.6	Ordained Priest	Gaudencio Borbon Rosales	Priest of Lipa, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
24 Mar	30.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Robert Rodericks, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Jamshedpur, India
34.6	Ordained Priest	George Victor Saupin, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Bhagalpur, India
25 Mar	45.2	Appointed	David John Cashman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
45.2	Appointed	David John Cashman †	Titular Bishop of Cantanus	Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, England, Great Britain
44.5	Appointed	Carlo Martini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
53.3	Appointed	Nicola Riezzo †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Otranto, Italy
26 Mar	78.2	Died	Juan Vicente Arana Idígoras, O.C.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Vijayapuram, India
55.1	Appointed	Ramón José Castellano †	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar		Born	Roberto Calara Mallari	Masantol	Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines
67.1	Died	Patrick O'Neill †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
29 Mar	93.0	Died	Alessandro Verde †	Cardinal, Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
30 Mar	25.1	Ordained Priest	Lubomyr Husar	Priest of Stamford (Ukrainian), USA	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
5 Apr	23.4	Ordained Priest	José Sánchez González	Priest	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
6 Apr	29.3	Ordained Priest	Zéphyrin Toé	Priest of Nouna, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Dédougou, Burkina Faso
7 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
8 Apr		Born	Salomon Lezoutié	Yopougon	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire
9 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Cesário Alexandre Minali, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Margum	Bishop Emeritus of Santarém, Para, Brazil
10 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop
43.3	Appointed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Titular Bishop of Trebenna	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	Born	Victor Hugo Palma Paúl	Ciudad de Guatemala	Bishop of Escuintla, Guatemala
11 Apr	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Hoefer (Höfer) Hombach, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thebae Phthiotides	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Limón, Costa Rica
55.8	Appointed	Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Palmas, Brazil
27.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Kpiéle Somé	Priest of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus of Diébougou, Burkina Faso
12 Apr	26.7	Ordained Priest	James Patrick Keleher	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
25.5	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Murphy †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Archbishop of Seattle, Washington, USA
24.8	Ordained Priest	Paul-Emile Saadé	Priest	Bishop of Batrun (Maronite), Lebanon
13 Apr	38.0	Ordained Bishop	José de Aquino Pereira	Bishop of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
40.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Pierre-Yves Dalmais, S.J. †	Bishop of Fort-Lamy, Chad	Archbishop Emeritus of N’Djaména, Chad
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Laurentius Satoshi Nagae †	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
79.4	Died	Charles Vogel, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Swatow [Shantou], China
14 Apr	40.7	Appointed	José Antonio Dammert Bellido	Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
40.7	Appointed	José Antonio Dammert Bellido	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palaestina	Bishop Emeritus of Cajamarca, Peru
15 Apr		Appointed	Júan Giordani, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
19.9	Professed	Dieter Scholz, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
27.8	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Sequeira	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chikmagalur, India
16 Apr	39.9	Appointed	Jackson Berenguer Prado †	Bishop of Vitória da Conquista, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil
41.5	Appointed	Caetano Antônio Lima dos Santos, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Ilhéus, Baia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	67.2	Appointed	Gilla Vincenzo Gremigni, M.S.C. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Novara, Italy	Bishop
18 Apr		Born	Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias	Luanda	Bishop of Cabinda, Angola
26.3	Ordained Priest	François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang	Priest of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam	Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
43.3	Appointed	Nikollë Troshani †	Apostolic Administrator of Durrës, Albania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania
43.3	Appointed	Nikollë Troshani †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania
19 Apr	45.4	Appointed	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.9	Appointed	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
62.7	Appointed	Paulo de Tarso Campos †	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
20 Apr	61.2	Appointed	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
61.2	Appointed	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Batnae	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
56.7	Installed	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Romo Gutiérrez †	Bishop of Torreón, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Ordained Bishop	Alejandro Schell †	Titular Bishop of Birtha	Bishop of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Camille Jean-Baptiste Vandekerckhove, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Bishop of Bikoro, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Apr	57.5	Died	Basil Salvador Theodore Peres †	Bishop of Mangalore, India
27 Apr	50.8	Ordained Bishop	William Richard Field, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Ondo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
75.6	Died	Peter Leo Ireton †	Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Piñera Carvallo	Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
40.2	Ordained Bishop	José Joaquim Ribeiro †	Titular Bishop of Aegeae	Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
28 Apr	30.1	Appointed	Alcides Mendoza Castro	Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
30.1	Appointed	Alcides Mendoza Castro	Titular Bishop of Metrae	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
48.6	Appointed	James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Hyderabad in Pakistan	Bishop
30 Apr	38.4	Appointed	Marijan Oblak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
38.4	Appointed	Marijan Oblak †	Titular Bishop of Flavias	Archbishop Emeritus of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

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