The Year of Our Lord 1984

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 57.9 Resigned Johannes Willem Maria Bluijssen Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

54.3 Appointed Eduardo Vicente Mirás Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

54.3 Appointed Eduardo Vicente Mirás Titular Bishop of Ambia Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

52.5 Appointed Joseph Edward Troy Coadjutor Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 52.0 Resigned Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M. Prelate of Escuintla, Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

4 Mar 46.1 Ordained Bishop William John Brennan Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 44.1 Appointed Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr. Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines

44.1 Appointed Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr. Titular Bishop of Gauriana Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines

8 Mar 63.2 Appointed Felixberto Camacho Flores † Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

48.9 Appointed Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Bishop

46.6 Ordained Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson Titular Bishop of Rusuca Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

9 Mar 45.3 Appointed Patrick Altham Kelly Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

10 Mar 46.1 Appointed Louis-Marie Billé † Bishop of Laval, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France

75.9 Retired Paul-Louis Carrière † Bishop of Laval, France Bishop Emeritus

44.3 Ordained Bishop Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Ulcinium Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

11 Mar 50.9 Ordained Bishop Gerard Francis Loft, S. M. † Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands Bishop Emeritus

40.6 Ordained Bishop Thomas Meram Archbishop of Urmya {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran

12 Mar 91.5 Died Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. † Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

14 Mar 53.8 Appointed Walter Bini, S.D.B. † Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil

73.3 Resigned Gentil Diniz Barreto † Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Robert William Donnelly Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Robert William Donnelly Titular Bishop of Garba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA

56.0 Succeeded José Freire de Oliveira Neto Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

42.0 Appointed Geraldo Lyrio Rocha Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

42.0 Appointed Geraldo Lyrio Rocha Titular Bishop of Thelepte Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

60.3 Appointed Carlos Talavera Ramírez † Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México Bishop Emeritus

15 Mar 74.8 Died Francis Ekka † Bishop of Raigarh, India

16 Mar 44.4 Appointed John Buckley Auxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland Bishop

44.4 Appointed John Buckley Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

54.8 Installed José Manuel Lorenzo † Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

17 Mar 81.5 Died Angel Hidalgo Ibáñez † Bishop Emeritus of Jaca, Spain

71.1 Resigned Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus

65.2 Installed Fortunato Antonio Rossi † Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

47.4 Ordained Bishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

53.4 Succeeded Christian Wiyghan Tumi Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon Cardinal, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon

18 Mar 42.9 Ordained Bishop Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay Bishop of Salto, Uruguay

19 Mar 55.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Barroso Filho Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

64.2 Installed John Joseph O’Connor † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

33.0 Ordained Priest Justin Saw Min Thide Priest of Yangon, Myanmar Auxiliary Bishop

20 Mar 52.7 Appointed Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

71.0 Resigned João José da Mota e Albuquerque † Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

29.5 Ordained Priest Paul Yoshinao Otsuka Priest of Kyoto, Japan Bishop

21 Mar 69.0 Appointed Felice Leonardo Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy

22 Mar 65.5 Appointed Giovanni Canestri Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy

47.9 Appointed Barry James Hickey Bishop of Geraldton, Australia Archbishop of Perth, Australia

72.1 Died Waclaw Wycisk † Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

23 Mar 52.4 Installed Bernard Francis Law Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

48.6 Appointed Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M. Bishop of Montería, Colombia Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

24 Mar 27.4 Ordained Priest Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Valdivia, Chile

74.9 Retired Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard † Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25 Mar 50.4 Appointed Denis William Hanrahan † Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand Bishop

59.6 Installed Héctor Gabino Romero † Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina

80.7 Died Pietro Severi † Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

26 Mar 87.9 Died Biagio D'Agostino † Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

61.8 Appointed Pio Laghi Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to United States of America Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)

46.4 Appointed Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D. Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil

28 Mar 55.6 Appointed George Kinzie Fitzsimons Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

29 Mar 45.4 Appointed Fabio Betancur Tirado Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia

30 Mar 45.4 Appointed Luis Miguel Cantón Marín † Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

63.2 Appointed Manuel Pérez-Gil y González † Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México

31 Mar 60.6 Installed Moisés Julio Blanchoud Archbishop of Salta, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

74.4 Died Sante Portalupi † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

53.8 Appointed Jesus B. Tuquib Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

1 Apr 27.7 Ordained Priest Basilio Athai Priest of Loikaw, Myanmar Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar

3 Apr 58.4 Died Anthyme Bayala † Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso

45.4 Ordained Bishop Patrick Altham Kelly Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

4 Apr 46.2 Appointed Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil

47.0 Appointed Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti † Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala

48.6 Appointed Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC. Bishop of Ferns, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

5 Apr 61.8 Appointed Alberto Bovone † Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

61.8 Appointed Alberto Bovone † Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

48.4 Appointed John Patrick Foley President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

48.4 Appointed John Patrick Foley Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

7 Apr 50.6 Appointed William Leo Higi Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA

41.5 Succeeded Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I. Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos

49.7 Ordained Bishop Robin Walsh Leamy, S. M. Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

74.5 Died Thomas Nantha † Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos

8 Apr 51.4 Appointed Francis Arinze Pro-Prefect of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

70.9 Appointed Sebastiano Baggio † President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, President Emeritus

75.5 Retired Giuseppe Casoria † Prefect of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

69.5 Appointed Luigi Dadaglio † Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus

60.1 Retired Andrzej Maria Deskur President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Cardinal, President Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal, President Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

66.2 Appointed Vincenzo Fagiolo † Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts

61.9 Appointed Bernardin Gantin † Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

61.9 Appointed Bernardin Gantin † President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

61.9 Resigned Bernardin Gantin † President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

61.9 Resigned Bernardin Gantin † President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals

67.9 Appointed Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

74.4 Retired Jean Jadot Pro-President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians Pro-President Emeritus

59.4 Appointed Lajos Kada † Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain

72.9 Appointed Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Sacraments Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

77.1 Retired Giuseppe Paupini † Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Eduardo Francisco Pironio † President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Cardinal, President Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau Archbishop of Bourges, France Archbishop Emeritus

70.9 Appointed Agnelo Rossi † President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See Cardinal, President Emeritus

73.9 Appointed Opilio Rossi † President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses Cardinal, President Emeritus

59.8 Appointed Dermot J. Ryan † Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland

43.6 Ordained Bishop Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil

75.9 Retired Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Archbishop of Bourges, France Archbishop Emeritus

9 Apr 61.5 Appointed Salvatore Di Salvo † Titular Bishop of Cissita Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy

61.5 Resigned Salvatore Di Salvo † Bishop of Nicosia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

79.0 Died Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

46.3 Appointed Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J. Superior of Nepal Vicar Apostolic of Nepal

11 Apr 57.8 Appointed William Russell Houck Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

12 Apr 44.2 Ordained Bishop Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr. Titular Bishop of Gauriana Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines

13 Apr 84.4 Died John Benjamin Grellinger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

14 Apr 64.3 Appointed Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

53.8 Succeeded Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E. Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

70.9 Retired Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. † Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

15 Apr 47.8 Ordained Bishop Piotr Krupa Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland

89.1 Died Francisco Vicentín † Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina

47.6 Appointed James Kendrick Williams Auxiliary Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

47.6 Appointed James Kendrick Williams Titular Bishop of Catula Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

17 Apr 53.3 Appointed Karl Heinrich Braun Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany

78.0 Resigned Alois Brems † Apostolic Administrator of Eichstätt, Germany Bishop Emeritus

19 Apr 55.8 Appointed Giacomo Biffi Archbishop of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

25.2 Ordained Priest Claudio Maniago Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop

20 Apr 49.4 Appointed Jesús María de Jesús Moya Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

22 Apr 25.4 Ordained Priest Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C. Priest of Congregazione dei Preti della Dottrina Cristiana Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24 Apr 54.8 Appointed John Aloysius Mone Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

54.8 Appointed John Aloysius Mone Titular Bishop of Abercornia Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

56.7 Appointed James Clifford Timlin Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr 73.7 Died Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.Cr. † Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia

52.2 Appointed Anselmo Müller, M.S.F. Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.0 Appointed Luiz Soares Vieira Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

27 Apr 54.5 Ordained Bishop Eduardo Vicente Mirás Titular Bishop of Ambia Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina

74.7 Died João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque † Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil

52.3 Succeeded Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D. Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

56.4 Died John Nicholas Wurm † Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA

28 Apr 74.0 Retired Michael Arattukulam † Bishop of Alleppey, India Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Ordained Bishop Anton Bogetic Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia Bishop Emeritus

71.2 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. † Bishop of Tulle, France Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Succeeded Peter Michael Chenaparampil Bishop of Alleppey, India Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Appointed Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J. Bishop of Indonesia, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia

47.7 Ordained Bishop Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C. Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa

29 Apr 44.5 Ordained Bishop John Buckley Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

52.5 Ordained Bishop Louis Jean Dufaux Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

30 Apr 75.0 Retired Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset † Bishop of Nice, France Bishop Emeritus

48.3 Succeeded François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary † Bishop of Nice, France Archbishop of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	57.9	Resigned	Johannes Willem Maria Bluijssen	Bishop of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
54.3	Appointed	Eduardo Vicente Mirás	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
54.3	Appointed	Eduardo Vicente Mirás	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
52.5	Appointed	Joseph Edward Troy	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	52.0	Resigned	Mario Enrique Ríos Mont, C.M.	Prelate of Escuintla, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
4 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	William John Brennan	Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	44.1	Appointed	Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr.	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
44.1	Appointed	Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr.	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
8 Mar	63.2	Appointed	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
48.9	Appointed	Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA	Bishop
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Geoffrey James Robinson	Titular Bishop of Rusuca	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
9 Mar	45.3	Appointed	Patrick Altham Kelly	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
10 Mar	46.1	Appointed	Louis-Marie Billé †	Bishop of Laval, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France
75.9	Retired	Paul-Louis Carrière †	Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Antônio Figueiredo, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Ulcinium	Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
11 Mar	50.9	Ordained Bishop	Gerard Francis Loft, S. M. †	Bishop of Auki, Solomon Islands	Bishop Emeritus
40.6	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Meram	Archbishop of Urmya {Rezayeh} (Chaldean), Iran
12 Mar	91.5	Died	Joseph-Paul Strebler, S.M.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
14 Mar	53.8	Appointed	Walter Bini, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Lins, Sao Paulo, Brazil
73.3	Resigned	Gentil Diniz Barreto †	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Robert William Donnelly	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Ohio, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Robert William Donnelly	Titular Bishop of Garba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toledo, Ohio, USA
56.0	Succeeded	José Freire de Oliveira Neto	Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
42.0	Appointed	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
42.0	Appointed	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha	Titular Bishop of Thelepte	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
60.3	Appointed	Carlos Talavera Ramírez †	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	74.8	Died	Francis Ekka †	Bishop of Raigarh, India
16 Mar	44.4	Appointed	John Buckley	Auxiliary Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop
44.4	Appointed	John Buckley	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
54.8	Installed	José Manuel Lorenzo †	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
17 Mar	81.5	Died	Angel Hidalgo Ibáñez †	Bishop Emeritus of Jaca, Spain
71.1	Resigned	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus
65.2	Installed	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
47.4	Ordained Bishop	Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B.	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
53.4	Succeeded	Christian Wiyghan Tumi	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
18 Mar	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay	Bishop of Salto, Uruguay
19 Mar	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Barroso Filho	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Installed	John Joseph O’Connor †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
33.0	Ordained Priest	Justin Saw Min Thide	Priest of Yangon, Myanmar	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Mar	52.7	Appointed	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
71.0	Resigned	João José da Mota e Albuquerque †	Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
29.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Priest of Kyoto, Japan	Bishop
21 Mar	69.0	Appointed	Felice Leonardo	Bishop of Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Italy
22 Mar	65.5	Appointed	Giovanni Canestri	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Genova {Genoa}, Italy
47.9	Appointed	Barry James Hickey	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
72.1	Died	Waclaw Wycisk †	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
23 Mar	52.4	Installed	Bernard Francis Law	Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
48.6	Appointed	Ramón Darío Molina Jaramillo, O.F.M.	Bishop of Montería, Colombia	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
24 Mar	27.4	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Francisco Ducasse Medina	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Valdivia, Chile
74.9	Retired	Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	50.4	Appointed	Denis William Hanrahan †	Coadjutor Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop
59.6	Installed	Héctor Gabino Romero †	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina
80.7	Died	Pietro Severi †	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
26 Mar	87.9	Died	Biagio D'Agostino †	Bishop Emeritus of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
61.8	Appointed	Pio Laghi	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to United States of America	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
46.4	Appointed	Getúlio Teixeira Guimarães, S.V.D.	Bishop of Cornélio Procópio, Parana, Brazil
28 Mar	55.6	Appointed	George Kinzie Fitzsimons	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
29 Mar	45.4	Appointed	Fabio Betancur Tirado	Bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas, Colombia	Archbishop of Manizales, Colombia
30 Mar	45.4	Appointed	Luis Miguel Cantón Marín †	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
63.2	Appointed	Manuel Pérez-Gil y González †	Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México	Bishop of Tlalnepantla, México, México
31 Mar	60.6	Installed	Moisés Julio Blanchoud	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
74.4	Died	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
53.8	Appointed	Jesus B. Tuquib	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Apr	27.7	Ordained Priest	Basilio Athai	Priest of Loikaw, Myanmar	Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi, Myanmar
3 Apr	58.4	Died	Anthyme Bayala †	Bishop of Koudougou, Burkina Faso
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Altham Kelly	Bishop of Salford, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
4 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Tarcísio Sebastião Batista Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of São José do Grajaú, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Ipameri, Goias, Brazil
47.0	Appointed	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Bishop of San Marcos, Guatemala	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
48.6	Appointed	Brendan Oliver Comiskey, SS.CC.	Bishop of Ferns, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	61.8	Appointed	Alberto Bovone †	Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Numidia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
61.8	Appointed	Alberto Bovone †	Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
48.4	Appointed	John Patrick Foley	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
48.4	Appointed	John Patrick Foley	Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
7 Apr	50.6	Appointed	William Leo Higi	Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
41.5	Succeeded	Jean Khamsé Vithavong, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
49.7	Ordained Bishop	Robin Walsh Leamy, S. M.	Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
74.5	Died	Thomas Nantha †	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos
8 Apr	51.4	Appointed	Francis Arinze	Pro-Prefect of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
70.9	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, President Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Giuseppe Casoria †	Prefect of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
69.5	Appointed	Luigi Dadaglio †	Pro-Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
60.1	Retired	Andrzej Maria Deskur	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Cardinal, President Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, President Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Roger Marie Élie Etchegaray	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
66.2	Appointed	Vincenzo Fagiolo †	Secretary of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts
61.9	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
61.9	Appointed	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
61.9	Resigned	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
61.9	Resigned	Bernardin Gantin †	President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the College of Cardinals
67.9	Appointed	Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
74.4	Retired	Jean Jadot	Pro-President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians	Pro-President Emeritus
59.4	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain
72.9	Appointed	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B.	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation of the Sacraments	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
77.1	Retired	Giuseppe Paupini †	Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Eduardo Francisco Pironio †	President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Pierre Marie Léon Augustin Plateau	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
70.9	Appointed	Agnelo Rossi †	President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See	Cardinal, President Emeritus
73.9	Appointed	Opilio Rossi †	President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses	Cardinal, President Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	Dermot J. Ryan †	Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
43.6	Ordained Bishop	Itamar Navildo Vian, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil	Archbishop of Feira de Santana, Baia, Brazil
75.9	Retired	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
9 Apr	61.5	Appointed	Salvatore Di Salvo †	Titular Bishop of Cissita	Bishop Emeritus of Nicosia, Italy
61.5	Resigned	Salvatore Di Salvo †	Bishop of Nicosia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
79.0	Died	Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
46.3	Appointed	Anthony Francis Sharma, S.J.	Superior of Nepal	Vicar Apostolic of Nepal
11 Apr	57.8	Appointed	William Russell Houck	Bishop of Jackson, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Teodoro C. Bacani, Jr.	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches, Philippines
13 Apr	84.4	Died	John Benjamin Grellinger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
14 Apr	64.3	Appointed	Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
53.8	Succeeded	Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E.	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
70.9	Retired	Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. †	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	47.8	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Krupa	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
89.1	Died	Francisco Vicentín †	Archbishop Emeritus of Corrientes, Argentina
47.6	Appointed	James Kendrick Williams	Auxiliary Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
47.6	Appointed	James Kendrick Williams	Titular Bishop of Catula	Bishop Emeritus of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
17 Apr	53.3	Appointed	Karl Heinrich Braun	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
78.0	Resigned	Alois Brems †	Apostolic Administrator of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	55.8	Appointed	Giacomo Biffi	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
25.2	Ordained Priest	Claudio Maniago	Priest of Firenze {Florence}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop
20 Apr	49.4	Appointed	Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Bishop of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
22 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Vilson Dias de Oliveira, D.C.	Priest of Congregazione dei Preti della Dottrina Cristiana	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Apr	54.8	Appointed	John Aloysius Mone	Auxiliary Bishop of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
54.8	Appointed	John Aloysius Mone	Titular Bishop of Abercornia	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
56.7	Appointed	James Clifford Timlin	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	73.7	Died	Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.Cr. †	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
52.2	Appointed	Anselmo Müller, M.S.F.	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.0	Appointed	Luiz Soares Vieira	Bishop of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil	Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
27 Apr	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Eduardo Vicente Mirás	Titular Bishop of Ambia	Archbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
74.7	Died	João Batista da Mota e Albuquerque †	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil
52.3	Succeeded	Silvestre Luís Scandián, S.V.D.	Archbishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
56.4	Died	John Nicholas Wurm †	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
28 Apr	74.0	Retired	Michael Arattukulam †	Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Ordained Bishop	Anton Bogetic	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
71.2	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Brunon, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Tulle, France	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Succeeded	Peter Michael Chenaparampil	Bishop of Alleppey, India	Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Appointed	Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.	Bishop of Indonesia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
47.7	Ordained Bishop	Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C.	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa
29 Apr	44.5	Ordained Bishop	John Buckley	Titular Bishop of Leptis Magna	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis Jean Dufaux	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
30 Apr	75.0	Retired	Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †	Bishop of Nice, France	Bishop Emeritus
48.3	Succeeded	François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †	Bishop of Nice, France	Archbishop of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France

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