The Year of Our Lord 1981

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 77.0 Died Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. † Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

65.3 Ordained Bishop Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Saint Nicolas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México Bishop Emeritus

56.4 Ordained Bishop Stephen Sulyk Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus

53.8 Ordained Bishop Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru

5 Mar 68.1 Appointed Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. † Bishop of Rio Negro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil

66.3 Appointed Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. † Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil

61.3 Appointed Milton Corrêa Pereira † Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

66.0 Appointed José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25.8 Ordained Priest José Rafael Quirós Quirós Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica

6 Mar 58.2 Appointed Edward Henryk Materski Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland

7 Mar 69.5 Died Peter Birch † Bishop of Ossory, Ireland

56.2 Appointed Francesco Colasuonno † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

47.7 Appointed Francesco De Nittis Titular Archbishop of Tunes Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay

47.7 Appointed Francesco De Nittis Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay

47.7 Appointed Francesco De Nittis Apostolic Delegate to Solomon Islands Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay

57.2 Appointed Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D. Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

81.9 Died Johannes Pohlschneider † Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany

53.5 Appointed Edoardo Rovida Official of the Secretariat of State Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal

8 Mar 72.0 Died Miguel Garcia Franco † Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

42.6 Installed Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

29.1 Ordained Priest Peter Hla Priest of Taunggyi, Myanmar Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar

9 Mar 86.0 Died Norberto Forero y García † Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia

12 Mar 54.5 Appointed Jean-Marie Lustiger † Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

14 Mar 59.6 Installed Lucas Luis Dónnelly, O. de M. Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina Prelate Emeritus

15 Mar 45.8 Appointed Jorge Tobias de Freitas Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil

54.7 Appointed Hildebrando Mendes Costa Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

54.7 Appointed Hildebrando Mendes Costa Titular Bishop of Arindela Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

54.6 Ordained Bishop Antonio Nuzzi Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy

16 Mar 48.7 Appointed Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

48.7 Appointed Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Selia Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

17 Mar 85.3 Died Antonio Santin † Bishop Emeritus of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy

18 Mar 49.6 Installed Roland Pierre DuMaine Bishop of San Jose in California, USA Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 26.4 Ordained Priest Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

52.8 Ordained Bishop Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola Titular Bishop of Bilta Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil

48.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Keith Symons Titular Bishop of Sigus Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA

20 Mar 61.8 Installed Manuel Guirao † Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Succeeded José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. † Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

71.3 Resigned José Melhado Campos † Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

76.2 Retired Maurice Roy † Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Jude Saint-Antoine Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Jude Saint-Antoine Titular Bishop of Scardona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

62.4 Appointed Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S. Titular Bishop of Trisipa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada

69.1 Appointed Louis-Albert Vachon † Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

21 Mar 28.5 Ordained Priest Michael Goro Matsuura Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan

22 Mar 58.2 Installed Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano † Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

89.9 Died Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela

54.1 Ordained Bishop Paul Lokiru Kalanda Bishop of Moroto, Uganda Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda

33.9 Ordained Priest Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea

43.4 Ordained Bishop Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. Titular Bishop of Tabbora Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

24 Mar 49.2 Appointed François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam

49.2 Appointed François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang Titular Bishop of Sarda Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam

25 Mar 56.1 Ordained Bishop Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S. Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia

55.6 Ordained Bishop Michael J. Cleary, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Banjul, Gambia Bishop Emeritus

61.2 Appointed Giovanni D'Ascenzi Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

55.8 Ordained Bishop Carlos Walter Galán Barry † Titular Bishop of Cediae Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina

47.3 Appointed Ercole Lupinacci Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi, Italy Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi, Italy

40.8 Ordained Bishop Norbert Werbs Titular Bishop of Amaura Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany

26 Mar 63.1 Resigned Danilo Catarzi, S.X. † Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Léonard Dhejju Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.3 Appointed Bruno Kouamé Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Pierre Trân Thanh Chung Coadjutor Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar 57.2 Appointed Stanislaw Szymecki Bishop of Kielce, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland

28 Mar 52.5 Resigned Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández † Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Archbishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Edmund Casimir Szoka Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

29 Mar 43.4 Ordained Bishop Anthony Ekezia Ilonu Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Ordained Priest José Rojas Rojas, Jr. Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Auxiliary Bishop

27.8 Ordained Priest Raymond Sumlut Gam Priest of Myitkyina, Myanmar Bishop of Banmaw, Myanmar

51.0 Ordained Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera Bishop of Soroti, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

31 Mar 67.5 Died Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório † Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

84.8 Died Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

1 Apr 26.1 Professed Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

2 Apr 28.2 Ordained Priest Varghese Chakkalakal Priest Bishop of Kannur, India

3 Apr 39.7 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Villaruz Reyes Titular Bishop of Selsea Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines

4 Apr 50.6 Appointed Salvatore De Giorgi Archbishop of Foggia, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

50.6 Appointed Salvatore De Giorgi Bishop of Bovino, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

50.6 Appointed Salvatore De Giorgi Bishop of Troia, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

29.2 Ordained Deacon Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

76.3 Retired Joseph Michael McGee † Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

54.9 Appointed Maurice Taylor Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

5 Apr 45.6 Ordained Bishop João Bergese † Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

6 Apr 49.9 Appointed Augustus Peters † Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

49.9 Appointed Augustus Peters † Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany

26.7 Ordained Priest Thomas Pulloppillil Priest Bishop of Bongaigaon, India

7 Apr 41.5 Appointed Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

9 Apr 24.9 Ordained Priest Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines Bishop of Surigao, Philippines

42.5 Appointed Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M.S.F. Bishop of Apatzingan, Michoacán, México

10 Apr 60.9 Resigned Augustine Kim Jae Deok † Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

11 Apr 30.2 Ordained Priest Jean-Luc Brunin Priest of Lille, France Bishop of Ajaccio, France

23.5 Ordained Priest Maurício Grotto de Camargo Priest Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil

12 Apr 57.2 Ordained Bishop Stanislaw Szymecki Bishop of Kielce, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland

13 Apr 58.7 Appointed Mariano Gaviola y Garcés † Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

50.2 Appointed Ricardo Jamin Vidal Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop

14 Apr 41.4 Appointed Patricio Hacbang Alo Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines Bishop of Mati, Philippines

41.4 Appointed Patricio Hacbang Alo Titular Bishop of Thibiuca Bishop of Mati, Philippines

40.9 Appointed Paul Friedrich Wehrle Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

40.9 Appointed Paul Friedrich Wehrle Titular Bishop of Nova Germania Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

15 Apr 33.1 Professed Joaquim Augusto da Silva Mendes, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal

80.8 Died Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. † Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea

16 Apr 65.3 Appointed Jesús Pla Gandía † Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 69.3 Died Georges Benoit Gassongo † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

63.3 Died Owen Noel Snedden † Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand

18 Apr 26.9 Solemn Professed Severino Clasen, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil

87.6 Died Boleslas Sloskans † Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Belarus

19 Apr 72.5 Died Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

20 Apr 83.0 Died Edward Vincent Dargin † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

22 Apr 27.0 Ordained Priest Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P. Priest of Other Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

48.6 Appointed Blaise-Ernest Morand Coadjutor Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop

49.3 Ordained Bishop François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang Titular Bishop of Sarda Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam

83.9 Died André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger † Bishop Emeritus of Sées, France

55.6 Appointed Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay

55.6 Appointed Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Crepedula Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay

25 Apr 75.1 Retired Josef Köstner † Bishop of Gurk, Austria Bishop Emeritus

25.4 Ordained Priest Renato Pine Mayugba Priest of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop

26 Apr 51.8 Ordained Bishop Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

28.2 Ordained Priest George Nkuo Priest of Buéa, Cameroon Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon

29 Apr 54.5 Appointed Marko Peric † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

30 Apr 45.2 Appointed Renato Corti Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Bishop of Novara, Italy

45.2 Appointed Renato Corti Titular Bishop of Zallata Bishop of Novara, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	77.0	Died	Tulio Botero Salazar, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
65.3	Ordained Bishop	Innocent Hilarion Lotocky, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Saint Nicolas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México	Bishop Emeritus
56.4	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Sulyk	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
53.8	Ordained Bishop	Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
5 Mar	68.1	Appointed	Michele Alagna Foderá, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Rio Negro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil
66.3	Appointed	Cornélio Chizzini, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Tocantinópolis, Tocatins, Brazil
61.3	Appointed	Milton Corrêa Pereira †	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
66.0	Appointed	José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25.8	Ordained Priest	José Rafael Quirós Quirós	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop of Limón, Costa Rica
6 Mar	58.2	Appointed	Edward Henryk Materski	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
7 Mar	69.5	Died	Peter Birch †	Bishop of Ossory, Ireland
56.2	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Zimbabwe	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
47.7	Appointed	Francesco De Nittis	Titular Archbishop of Tunes	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay
47.7	Appointed	Francesco De Nittis	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay
47.7	Appointed	Francesco De Nittis	Apostolic Delegate to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Uruguay
57.2	Appointed	Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
81.9	Died	Johannes Pohlschneider †	Bishop Emeritus of Aachen, Germany
53.5	Appointed	Edoardo Rovida	Official of the Secretariat of State	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
8 Mar	72.0	Died	Miguel Garcia Franco †	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
42.6	Installed	Enrique Manuel Hernández Rivera	Bishop of Caguas, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
29.1	Ordained Priest	Peter Hla	Priest of Taunggyi, Myanmar	Bishop of Pekhon, Myanmar
9 Mar	86.0	Died	Norberto Forero y García †	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
12 Mar	54.5	Appointed	Jean-Marie Lustiger †	Ordinary of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
14 Mar	59.6	Installed	Lucas Luis Dónnelly, O. de M.	Prelate of Deán Funes, Argentina	Prelate Emeritus
15 Mar	45.8	Appointed	Jorge Tobias de Freitas	Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil
54.7	Appointed	Hildebrando Mendes Costa	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
54.7	Appointed	Hildebrando Mendes Costa	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Bishop Emeritus of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
54.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Nuzzi	Archbishop of Conza-Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Bisaccia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Teramo-Atri, Italy
16 Mar	48.7	Appointed	Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
48.7	Appointed	Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Selia	Bishop Emeritus of Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
17 Mar	85.3	Died	Antonio Santin †	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste-Koper (Capodistria), Italy
18 Mar	49.6	Installed	Roland Pierre DuMaine	Bishop of San Jose in California, USA	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	26.4	Ordained Priest	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Rubens Augusto de Souza Espínola	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Bishop Emeritus of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Keith Symons	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Bishop Emeritus of Palm Beach, Florida, USA
20 Mar	61.8	Installed	Manuel Guirao †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Succeeded	José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. †	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
71.3	Resigned	José Melhado Campos †	Bishop of Sorocaba, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
76.2	Retired	Maurice Roy †	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Jude Saint-Antoine	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Jude Saint-Antoine	Titular Bishop of Scardona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
62.4	Appointed	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S.	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Gérard Tremblay, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Trisipa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
69.1	Appointed	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Archbishop of Québec, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar	28.5	Ordained Priest	Michael Goro Matsuura	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan
22 Mar	58.2	Installed	Ítalo Severino Di Stéfano †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
89.9	Died	Constantino Gómez Villa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroní, Venezuela
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Paul Lokiru Kalanda	Bishop of Moroto, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda
33.9	Ordained Priest	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
43.4	Ordained Bishop	Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
24 Mar	49.2	Appointed	François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang	Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi, Viêt Nam	Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
49.2	Appointed	François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang	Titular Bishop of Sarda	Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
25 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Rodrigo Arango Velásquez, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Buga, Colombia
55.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael J. Cleary, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Banjul, Gambia	Bishop Emeritus
61.2	Appointed	Giovanni D'Ascenzi	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Walter Galán Barry †	Titular Bishop of Cediae	Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, Argentina
47.3	Appointed	Ercole Lupinacci	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi, Italy	Bishop of Lungro degli Italo-Albanesi, Italy
40.8	Ordained Bishop	Norbert Werbs	Titular Bishop of Amaura	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany
26 Mar	63.1	Resigned	Danilo Catarzi, S.X. †	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Léonard Dhejju	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Bunia, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.3	Appointed	Bruno Kouamé	Bishop of Abengourou, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Pierre Trân Thanh Chung	Coadjutor Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Stanislaw Szymecki	Bishop of Kielce, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
28 Mar	52.5	Resigned	Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández †	Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Edmund Casimir Szoka	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
29 Mar	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Ekezia Ilonu	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Ordained Priest	José Rojas Rojas, Jr.	Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop
27.8	Ordained Priest	Raymond Sumlut Gam	Priest of Myitkyina, Myanmar	Bishop of Banmaw, Myanmar
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Erasmus Desiderius Wandera	Bishop of Soroti, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	67.5	Died	Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório †	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
84.8	Died	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
1 Apr	26.1	Professed	Broderick Soncuaco Pabillo	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
2 Apr	28.2	Ordained Priest	Varghese Chakkalakal	Priest	Bishop of Kannur, India
3 Apr	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Villaruz Reyes	Titular Bishop of Selsea	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines
4 Apr	50.6	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Archbishop of Foggia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
50.6	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Bishop of Bovino, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
50.6	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Bishop of Troia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
29.2	Ordained Deacon	Calogero La Piana, S.D.B.	Deacon of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
76.3	Retired	Joseph Michael McGee †	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
54.9	Appointed	Maurice Taylor	Bishop of Galloway, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	45.6	Ordained Bishop	João Bergese †	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Apr	49.9	Appointed	Augustus Peters †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
49.9	Appointed	Augustus Peters †	Titular Bishop of Aquae Sirenses	Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen, Germany
26.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Pulloppillil	Priest	Bishop of Bongaigaon, India
7 Apr	41.5	Appointed	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya	Auxiliary Bishop of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
9 Apr	24.9	Ordained Priest	Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog	Priest of Tagbilaran, Philippines	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines
42.5	Appointed	Miguel Patiño Velázquez, M.S.F.	Bishop of Apatzingan, Michoacán, México
10 Apr	60.9	Resigned	Augustine Kim Jae Deok †	Bishop of Jeonju {Chonju, Jeon Ju}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	30.2	Ordained Priest	Jean-Luc Brunin	Priest of Lille, France	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
23.5	Ordained Priest	Maurício Grotto de Camargo	Priest	Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
12 Apr	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Stanislaw Szymecki	Bishop of Kielce, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok, Poland
13 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
50.2	Appointed	Ricardo Jamin Vidal	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop
14 Apr	41.4	Appointed	Patricio Hacbang Alo	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines	Bishop of Mati, Philippines
41.4	Appointed	Patricio Hacbang Alo	Titular Bishop of Thibiuca	Bishop of Mati, Philippines
40.9	Appointed	Paul Friedrich Wehrle	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
40.9	Appointed	Paul Friedrich Wehrle	Titular Bishop of Nova Germania	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
15 Apr	33.1	Professed	Joaquim Augusto da Silva Mendes, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa, Portugal
80.8	Died	Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Madang, Papua New Guinea
16 Apr	65.3	Appointed	Jesús Pla Gandía †	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	69.3	Died	Georges Benoit Gassongo †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
63.3	Died	Owen Noel Snedden †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
18 Apr	26.9	Solemn Professed	Severino Clasen, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Araçuaí (Arassuaí), Minas Gerais, Brazil
87.6	Died	Boleslas Sloskans †	Apostolic Administrator of Minsk, Belarus
19 Apr	72.5	Died	Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
20 Apr	83.0	Died	Edward Vincent Dargin †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
22 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P.	Priest of Other	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
48.6	Appointed	Blaise-Ernest Morand	Coadjutor Bishop of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop
49.3	Ordained Bishop	François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang	Titular Bishop of Sarda	Bishop of Thái Binh, Viêt Nam
83.9	Died	André-Jean-Baptiste Pioger †	Bishop Emeritus of Sées, France
55.6	Appointed	Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
55.6	Appointed	Pedro Shaw, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
25 Apr	75.1	Retired	Josef Köstner †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop Emeritus
25.4	Ordained Priest	Renato Pine Mayugba	Priest of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop
26 Apr	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
28.2	Ordained Priest	George Nkuo	Priest of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop of Kumbo, Cameroon
29 Apr	54.5	Appointed	Marko Peric †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
30 Apr	45.2	Appointed	Renato Corti	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Bishop of Novara, Italy
45.2	Appointed	Renato Corti	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop of Novara, Italy

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