The Year of Our Lord 1993

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 51.8 Died Alfredo Banluta Baquial † Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines

30.0 Ordained Priest Paul Kariuki Njiru Priest of Embu, Kenya Bishop

64.0 Appointed José C. Sorra Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 60.3 Ordained Bishop Hilton Forrest Deakin Titular Bishop of Murthlacum Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

67.4 Died Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez † Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain

4 Mar 64.9 Appointed Peter Henrici, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.9 Appointed Peter Henrici, S.J. Titular Bishop of Absorus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

52.8 Ordained Bishop Charles Michael Jarrell Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

77.5 Retired Antonio López Aviña † Archbishop of Durango, México Archbishop Emeritus

64.8 Appointed José Trinidad Medel Pérez Archbishop of Durango, México Archbishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Paul Vollmar, S. M. Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed Paul Vollmar, S. M. Titular Bishop of Missua Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

6 Mar 53.9 Succeeded Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

78.1 Retired Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

9 Mar 62.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R. † Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

61.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph D’Silva † Bishop of Bellary, India

49.6 Ordained Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R. Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia

10 Mar 43.4 Ordained Bishop James Anthony Tamayo Titular Bishop of Ita Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA

12 Mar 89.3 Died Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea † Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain

52.6 Succeeded James Kim Ji-seok Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)

71.5 Died Daniel Tji Hak Soun † Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)

13 Mar 64.6 Resigned Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Resigned Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B. Bishop of Netherlands, Military Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands

24.5 Ordained Deacon Dražen Kutleša Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia

14 Mar 84.0 Died John Shojiro Ito † Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

60.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Niangoran Teky Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop Emeritus

68.2 Ordained Bishop Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Djibouti Bishop Emeritus

15 Mar 75.3 Retired Luciano Angeloni † Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

65.6 Appointed Edoardo Rovida Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

16 Mar 74.2 Died Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. † Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa

58.9 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

58.9 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

17 Mar 67.8 Died Francis Michaelappa † Bishop of Mysore, India

95.3 Died John Joyce Russell † Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA

19 Mar 32.2 Professed (Perpetual Vows) Ettore Dotti, C.S.F. Member of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo Bishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

57.4 Ordained Bishop Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I. Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabarese), India

64.8 Ordained Bishop Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B. Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 79.8 Died Sebastiano Baggio † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

28.4 Ordained Priest Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B. Priest of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

73.0 Died René Toussaint, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.6 Ordained Bishop Antonio Vacca Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

22 Mar 62.8 Appointed Carmelo Juan Giaquinta † Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

42.0 Appointed Jean-Bosco Ntep Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon

65.4 Appointed Simeon Anthony Pereira † Coadjutor Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan Archbishop Emeritus

59.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân Coadjutor Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam Cardinal, Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam

44.6 Appointed Raymond Saw Po Ray Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar

46.0 Appointed Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

23 Mar 75.3 Retired Bernard Ferdinand Popp Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

24 Mar 52.9 Appointed James Terry Steib, S.V.D. Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

25 Mar 48.7 Ordained Bishop Emmanuel Bushu Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon

62.2 Ordained Bishop Roman Danylak † Titular Bishop of Nyssa Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada

62.9 Appointed Donato De Bonis † Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia

76.4 Retired José Joaquín Flórez Hernández † Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

27.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Hii Teck Kwong Priest of Sibu, Malaysia Bishop

54.7 Appointed Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M. Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia

56.5 Installed Fabriciano Sigampa Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina

26 Mar 85.5 Died Carmelo Canzonieri † Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy

75.8 Retired José María Cirarda Lachiondo † Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

61.8 Appointed Antonio Dorado Soto Bishop of Málaga, Spain Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Appointed Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

27 Mar 57.9 Died István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. † Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary

58.0 Appointed Lorenzo Chiarinelli Bishop of Aversa, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

68.7 Resigned João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. † Bishop of Aversa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

44.5 Ordained Bishop Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

28 Mar 51.1 Ordained Bishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy Archbishop of Sassari, Italy

64.0 Ordained Bishop James McLoughlin † Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

31 Mar 67.1 Died Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu † Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

3 Apr 60.5 Appointed Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen Titular Bishop of Traiectum ad Mosam Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland

5 Apr 60.3 Died Joseph Akichi † Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire

84.5 Appointed Giuseppe Casoria † Cardinal-Priest of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship

43.6 Appointed Maixent Coly † Coadjutor Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal Bishop

55.3 Appointed Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba Bishop of Sokodé, Togo

55.6 Appointed Yulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F. † Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia

66.0 Appointed Eduardo Martínez Somalo Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus

47.3 Appointed Telesphore Mkude Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania

55.4 Appointed Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura Bishop of Nagoya, Japan

66.0 Appointed Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

80.5 Appointed Aurelio Sabattani † Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

76.8 Retired Aloysius Nobuo Soma † Bishop of Nagoya, Japan Bishop Emeritus

44.3 Appointed Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F. Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia

6 Apr 53.1 Appointed André Pierre Louis Dupuy Titular Archbishop of Selsea Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

53.1 Appointed André Pierre Louis Dupuy Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

53.1 Appointed André Pierre Louis Dupuy Apostolic Nuncio to Benin Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

53.1 Appointed André Pierre Louis Dupuy Apostolic Nuncio to Togo Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

59.0 Resigned Robert Fortune Sanchez † Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Archbishop Emeritus

53.7 Appointed Michael Jarboe Sheehan Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Archbishop

8 Apr 50.0 Appointed Francesco Cacucci Archbishop of Otranto, Italy Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy

55.1 Appointed Francesco Coccopalmerio Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

55.1 Appointed Francesco Coccopalmerio Titular Bishop of Coeliana Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

75.9 Retired Vincenzo Franco Archbishop of Otranto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

11 Apr 81.6 Died George Albert Hammes † Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

13 Apr 71.0 Appointed Luigi Barbarito Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

66.0 Appointed William Henry Bullock † Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

66.0 Resigned Roger-Alfred Despatie † Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Died Thomas Victor Dolinay † Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

91.0 Died Roger André Marcel Johan † Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France

14 Apr 49.0 Appointed Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno, Italy Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

49.0 Appointed Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Garriana Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy

16 Apr 28.7 Ordained Priest Henry Aruna Priest of Kenema, Sierra Leone Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone

34.6 Ordained Priest Fernando Isern Priest of Miami, Florida, USA Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA

66.3 Appointed Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

64.1 Appointed Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC. Bishop of Rancagua, Chile Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 58.7 Appointed Ambrose Battista De Paoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

33.0 Ordained Priest Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. Priest of Clerics of Saint Viator Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

52.0 Appointed Józef Michalik Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland

63.2 Appointed Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America

48.6 Appointed Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

48.6 Appointed Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

75.2 Retired Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk † Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

18 Apr 29.1 Ordained Priest Neri José Tondello Priest of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil

20 Apr 86.4 Died Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira † Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

58.1 Died Antonio Bello † Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

44.1 Appointed Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R. Bishop of Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine

52.4 Appointed Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Ternopil (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine

66.7 Appointed Pavlo Vasylyk † Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine

21 Apr 52.5 Ordained Bishop Juan Carlos Maccarone Titular Bishop of Mauriana Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

23 Apr 45.6 Appointed Domenico Caliandro Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy

47.9 Appointed James C. Gould, S.J. Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Prefect Emeritus

73.2 Appointed Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. † Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

24 Apr 26.7 Ordained Priest Eraldo Bispo da Silva Priest of Barreiras, Baia, Brazil Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

91.0 Died Jules Victor Daem † Bishop Emeritus of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium

25 Apr 74.7 Ordained Bishop Robert Ashta, O.F.M. † Bishop of Pult, Albania

63.0 Ordained Bishop Donato De Bonis † Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia

75.2 Ordained Bishop Franco Illia † Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania

53.6 Ordained Bishop Rrok Kola Mirdita Archbishop of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania

64.4 Ordained Bishop Zef Simoni † Titular Bishop of Bararus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania

26 Apr 85.3 Died Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Apr 86.2 Died Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

29 Apr 61.4 Appointed Kamal Hanna Bathish Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

61.4 Appointed Kamal Hanna Bathish Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

56.5 Appointed Joseph Khoury Auxiliary Bishop Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

56.5 Appointed Joseph Khoury Titular Bishop of Chonochora Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

48.0 Appointed Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

48.0 Appointed Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo Titular Bishop of Siminina Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

63.3 Appointed Gabriel Montalvo Higuera † President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America

76.6 Retired Ioánnis Perrís † Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece Archbishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Nikólaos Printesis Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece

30 Apr 75.4 Retired Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas † Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	51.8	Died	Alfredo Banluta Baquial †	Auxiliary Bishop of Davao, Philippines
30.0	Ordained Priest	Paul Kariuki Njiru	Priest of Embu, Kenya	Bishop
64.0	Appointed	José C. Sorra	Bishop of Legazpi, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Hilton Forrest Deakin	Titular Bishop of Murthlacum	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
67.4	Died	Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez †	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
4 Mar	64.9	Appointed	Peter Henrici, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.9	Appointed	Peter Henrici, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Absorus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Charles Michael Jarrell	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
77.5	Retired	Antonio López Aviña †	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
64.8	Appointed	José Trinidad Medel Pérez	Archbishop of Durango, México	Archbishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Paul Vollmar, S. M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Chur, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	Paul Vollmar, S. M.	Titular Bishop of Missua	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
6 Mar	53.9	Succeeded	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T.	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
78.1	Retired	Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
61.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph D’Silva †	Bishop of Bellary, India
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
10 Mar	43.4	Ordained Bishop	James Anthony Tamayo	Titular Bishop of Ita	Bishop of Laredo, Texas, USA
12 Mar	89.3	Died	Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea †	Bishop Emeritus of San Sebastián, Spain
52.6	Succeeded	James Kim Ji-seok	Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)
71.5	Died	Daniel Tji Hak Soun †	Bishop of Wonju, Korea (South)
13 Mar	64.6	Resigned	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Resigned	Ronald Philippe Bär, O.S.B.	Bishop of Netherlands, Military	Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, Netherlands
24.5	Ordained Deacon	Dražen Kutleša	Deacon of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
14 Mar	84.0	Died	John Shojiro Ito †	Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan
60.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Niangoran Teky	Bishop of Man, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop Emeritus
68.2	Ordained Bishop	Georges Marcel Émile Nicolas Perron, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Djibouti	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	75.3	Retired	Luciano Angeloni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
65.6	Appointed	Edoardo Rovida	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
16 Mar	74.2	Died	Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Ingwavuma, South Africa
58.9	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
58.9	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
17 Mar	67.8	Died	Francis Michaelappa †	Bishop of Mysore, India
95.3	Died	John Joyce Russell †	Bishop Emeritus of Richmond, Virginia, USA
19 Mar	32.2	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Ettore Dotti, C.S.F.	Member of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	Bishop of Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Simon Stock Palathara, C.M.I.	Bishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabarese), India
64.8	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Luis Ronchino, S.D.B.	Bishop of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	79.8	Died	Sebastiano Baggio †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
28.4	Ordained Priest	Gregório (Leozírio) Paixão Neto, O.S.B.	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
73.0	Died	René Toussaint, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Vacca	Bishop of Alghero-Bosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	62.8	Appointed	Carmelo Juan Giaquinta †	Archbishop of Resistencia, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
42.0	Appointed	Jean-Bosco Ntep	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon
65.4	Appointed	Simeon Anthony Pereira †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Karachi, Pakistan	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Mân	Coadjutor Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viet Nam
44.6	Appointed	Raymond Saw Po Ray	Bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar
46.0	Appointed	Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Bishop of Edéa, Cameroon	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
23 Mar	75.3	Retired	Bernard Ferdinand Popp	Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	52.9	Appointed	James Terry Steib, S.V.D.	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
25 Mar	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel Bushu	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon	Bishop of Buéa, Cameroon
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Roman Danylak †	Titular Bishop of Nyssa	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Toronto (Ukrainian), Canada
62.9	Appointed	Donato De Bonis †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
76.4	Retired	José Joaquín Flórez Hernández †	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
27.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Hii Teck Kwong	Priest of Sibu, Malaysia	Bishop
54.7	Appointed	Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, C.I.M.	Archbishop of Ibagué, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cali, Colombia
56.5	Installed	Fabriciano Sigampa	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Resistencia, Argentina
26 Mar	85.5	Died	Carmelo Canzonieri †	Bishop Emeritus of Caltagirone, Italy
75.8	Retired	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
61.8	Appointed	Antonio Dorado Soto	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Appointed	Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F.	Archbishop of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar	57.9	Died	István Ács, O.S.P.P.E. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Eger, Hungary
58.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Chiarinelli	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
68.7	Resigned	João (Giovanni) Gazza, S.X. †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
28 Mar	51.1	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy	Archbishop of Sassari, Italy
64.0	Ordained Bishop	James McLoughlin †	Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	67.1	Died	Antoine Mayala ma Mpangu †	Bishop of Kisantu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
3 Apr	60.5	Appointed	Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen	Titular Bishop of Traiectum ad Mosam	Bishop Emeritus of Reykjavik, Iceland
5 Apr	60.3	Died	Joseph Akichi †	Bishop of Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
84.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Casoria †	Cardinal-Priest of San Giuseppe in via Trionfale	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship
43.6	Appointed	Maixent Coly †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Bishop
55.3	Appointed	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba	Bishop of Sokodé, Togo
55.6	Appointed	Yulius Aloysius Husin, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Palangkaraya, Indonesia
66.0	Appointed	Eduardo Martínez Somalo	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus
47.3	Appointed	Telesphore Mkude	Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania
55.4	Appointed	Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan
66.0	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri-Segni	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
80.5	Appointed	Aurelio Sabattani †	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
76.8	Retired	Aloysius Nobuo Soma †	Bishop of Nagoya, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
44.3	Appointed	Florentinus Sului Hajang Hau, M.S.F.	Bishop of Samarinda, Indonesia	Archbishop of Samarinda, Indonesia
6 Apr	53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Titular Archbishop of Selsea	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
53.1	Appointed	André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Togo	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
59.0	Resigned	Robert Fortune Sanchez †	Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
53.7	Appointed	Michael Jarboe Sheehan	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA	Archbishop
8 Apr	50.0	Appointed	Francesco Cacucci	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto, Italy
55.1	Appointed	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
55.1	Appointed	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
75.9	Retired	Vincenzo Franco	Archbishop of Otranto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Apr	81.6	Died	George Albert Hammes †	Bishop Emeritus of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
13 Apr	71.0	Appointed	Luigi Barbarito	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	William Henry Bullock †	Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
66.0	Resigned	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Bishop of Hearst, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Died	Thomas Victor Dolinay †	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
91.0	Died	Roger André Marcel Johan †	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
14 Apr	49.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Livorno, Italy	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
49.0	Appointed	Vincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Garriana	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
16 Apr	28.7	Ordained Priest	Henry Aruna	Priest of Kenema, Sierra Leone	Bishop of Makeni, Sierra Leone
34.6	Ordained Priest	Fernando Isern	Priest of Miami, Florida, USA	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
66.3	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Augustin Medina Estévez	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
64.1	Appointed	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC.	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
33.0	Ordained Priest	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.	Priest of Clerics of Saint Viator	Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
52.0	Appointed	Józef Michalik	Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland
63.2	Appointed	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America
48.6	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
48.6	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard	Titular Bishop of Pulcheriopolis	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
75.2	Retired	Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk †	Archbishop of Przemyśl, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr	29.1	Ordained Priest	Neri José Tondello	Priest of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Juína, Mato Grosso, Brazil
20 Apr	86.4	Died	Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira †	Archbishop Emeritus of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
58.1	Died	Antonio Bello †	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
44.1	Appointed	Mychajlo Koltun, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
52.4	Appointed	Mykhajlo Sabryha, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Ternopil (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop of Ternopil-Zboriv (Ukrainian), Ukraine
66.7	Appointed	Pavlo Vasylyk †	Bishop of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi (Ukrainian), Ukraine
21 Apr	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Carlos Maccarone	Titular Bishop of Mauriana	Bishop Emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
23 Apr	45.6	Appointed	Domenico Caliandro	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy	Archbishop of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
47.9	Appointed	James C. Gould, S.J.	Prefect of Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Prefect Emeritus
73.2	Appointed	Martin Joseph Neylon, S.J. †	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
24 Apr	26.7	Ordained Priest	Eraldo Bispo da Silva	Priest of Barreiras, Baia, Brazil	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
91.0	Died	Jules Victor Daem †	Bishop Emeritus of Antwerpen {Antwerp}, Belgium
25 Apr	74.7	Ordained Bishop	Robert Ashta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Pult, Albania
63.0	Ordained Bishop	Donato De Bonis †	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia
75.2	Ordained Bishop	Franco Illia †	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Rrok Kola Mirdita	Archbishop of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania	Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës, Albania
64.4	Ordained Bishop	Zef Simoni †	Titular Bishop of Bararus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
26 Apr	85.3	Died	Pierre François Lehaen, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sakania, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Apr	86.2	Died	Ignatius Philip Trigueros Glennie, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
29 Apr	61.4	Appointed	Kamal Hanna Bathish	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
61.4	Appointed	Kamal Hanna Bathish	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
56.5	Appointed	Joseph Khoury	Auxiliary Bishop	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
56.5	Appointed	Joseph Khoury	Titular Bishop of Chonochora	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
48.0	Appointed	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
48.0	Appointed	Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
63.3	Appointed	Gabriel Montalvo Higuera †	President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roman Curia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to United States of America
76.6	Retired	Ioánnis Perrís †	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece	Archbishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Nikólaos Printesis	Archbishop of Naxos, Andros, Tinos e Mykonos, Greece
30 Apr	75.4	Retired	Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas †	Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus