The Year of Our Lord 1995

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 52.4 Appointed Giuseppe Bertello Apostolic Nuncio to Other Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

1 Mar 63.4 Died Eugenio Corecco † Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland

2 Mar 67.2 Died James Patrick Mahoney † Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

3 Mar 48.2 Appointed Gabriel 'Leke Abegunrin Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria

33.6 Incardinated Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo Priest of Osogbo, Nigeria Coadjutor Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria

67.9 Appointed Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J. Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Zacarias Kamwenho Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubango, Angola Archbishop

60.1 Appointed Thomas Kwaku Mensah Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana

40.6 Appointed Agapiti Ndorobo Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

47.1 Appointed Joseph Osei-Bonsu Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana

39.4 Appointed Joseph Mukasa Zuza Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi

4 Mar 57.3 Appointed Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B. Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy

5 Mar 61.8 Died Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. † Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil

7 Mar 62.9 Ordained Bishop John Martin Dougherty Titular Bishop of Sufetula Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

79.7 Died Stephen John Kocisko † Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

82.0 Died Stefan László † Bishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria

75.0 Retired Walter Joseph Schoenherr † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

69.6 Died George To Bata † Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

8 Mar 68.3 Died Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia

11 Mar 40.9 Appointed Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Bishop of Talca, Chile

40.9 Appointed Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Bishop of Talca, Chile

12 Mar 65.4 Ordained Bishop Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B. Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia degli Armeni Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA

89.4 Died Karl Gnädinger † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

87.9 Died Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. † Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other

13 Mar 88.2 Died Marc Mihayo † Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania

14 Mar 61.3 Appointed Thomas Ludger Dupré Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.2 Appointed Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

15 Mar 55.4 Appointed Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México

76.3 Retired Manuel Castro Ruiz Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México Archbishop Emeritus

83.2 Died Barthélémy Malunga † Bishop Emeritus of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

62.6 Resigned Tiago Postma † Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

17 Mar 79.5 Died José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. † Prelate Emeritus of Humahuaca, Argentina

18 Mar 54.7 Ordained Bishop José Gonzalez Alonso Titular Bishop of Baliana Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil

58.6 Ordained Bishop Josef Grünwald Titular Bishop of Fronta Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany

72.2 Appointed José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

72.2 Appointed José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Delegate to Libya Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

75.8 Retired Antonio Magnoni † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru Bishop of Chimbote, Peru

19 Mar 49.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Aind, S.D.B. Bishop of Dibrugarh, India

20 Mar 84.9 Died Michael Arattukulam † Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India

61.0 Ordained Bishop Edwin Michael Conway † Titular Bishop of Augurus Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

83.7 Died Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. † Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil

53.6 Ordained Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas Titular Bishop of Bela Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA

46.2 Ordained Bishop George Vance Murry, S.J. Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

21 Mar 50.7 Succeeded Robert James Carlson Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA

75.6 Retired Alan Charles Clark † Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

68.3 Retired Paul Vincent Dudley † Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Peter Smith Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain

61.9 Appointed Philip Francis Straling Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Daniel Francis Walsh Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA

22 Mar 54.5 Succeeded Gentil Delázari Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

75.3 Retired Henrique Froehlich, S.J. † Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Czeslaw Kozon Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

71.8 Resigned Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

67.6 Resigned Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed João Maria Messi, O.S.M. Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

24 Mar 52.0 Appointed Frederick Bernard Henry Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

25 Mar 54.2 Ordained Bishop Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton Bishop of Kandi, Benin Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

55.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Bemile Bishop of Wa, Ghana

64.3 Appointed Karl Heinrich Braun Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany Archbishop Emeritus

60.0 Ordained Bishop João José Burke, O.F.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil Bishop

58.7 Ordained Bishop Luciano Bux Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

55.5 Appointed Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

44.3 Ordained Bishop Otto Georgens Titular Bishop of Gubaliana Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany

68.2 Appointed Paolo Giglio Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

51.0 Appointed Juliusz Janusz Titular Archbishop of Caprulae Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

51.0 Appointed Juliusz Janusz Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

52.4 Ordained Bishop Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S. Titular Bishop of Libertina Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria

76.4 Retired Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

46.6 Succeeded Amando Samo Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

66.2 Ordained Bishop Vito Schlickmann Titular Bishop of Gurza Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

50.3 Appointed Luigi Ventura Titular Archbishop of Equilium Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

50.3 Appointed Luigi Ventura Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

50.3 Appointed Luigi Ventura Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

50.3 Appointed Luigi Ventura Apostolic Nuncio to Niger Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

64.9 Ordained Bishop Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M. Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada Bishop Emeritus

26 Mar 47.5 Ordained Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

27 Mar 65.1 Installed Robert Edward Mulvee Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop Emeritus

28 Mar 50.8 Appointed Edward Kenneth Braxton Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA

50.8 Appointed Edward Kenneth Braxton Titular Bishop of Macomades Rusticiana Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA

64.9 Appointed Ivo Fürer Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

82.0 Died Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India

29 Mar 45.1 Installed Patrick James Dunn Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand

64.9 Confirmed Ivo Fürer Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

31 Mar 61.1 Appointed Alojz Tkáč Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia

1 Apr 44.6 Appointed Emilio Aranguren Echeverria Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba Bishop of Holguín, Cuba

52.8 Appointed Norbert Brunner Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

57.5 Appointed Edwin Colaço Bishop of Amravati, India Bishop of Aurangabad, India

58.5 Ordained Bishop Vincent Michael Concessao Titular Bishop of Mascula Archbishop of Delhi, India

46.9 Appointed John Atcherley Dew Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand Archbishop

46.9 Appointed John Atcherley Dew Titular Bishop of Privata Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand

56.3 Appointed Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Auxiliary Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Archbishop

56.3 Appointed Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam Titular Bishop of Chunavia Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

67.4 Appointed Fernando Ramon Prego Casal † Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba

49.2 Appointed Joseph Maria Punt Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands Bishop

49.2 Appointed Joseph Maria Punt Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

49.2 Appointed Joseph Maria Punt Apostolic Administrator of Netherlands, Military Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

79.8 Retired Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S. Bishop of Amravati, India Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Ordained Bishop Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C. Titular Archbishop of Africa Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

62.8 Resigned Henri Schwery Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

60.6 Appointed Charles Soreng, S.J. Bishop of Hazaribag, India

57.3 Appointed Stephen M. Tiru Bishop of Khunti, India

49.0 Appointed Dieudonné Watio Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon

2 Apr 52.5 Ordained Bishop Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

3 Apr 69.0 Died Jeremiah Newman † Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

4 Apr 51.2 Died Abraham Kattumana † Official of the Roman Curia - Other

62.7 Appointed James Michael Moynihan Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA

76.1 Retired Joseph Thomas O'Keefe † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

91.0 Died Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait

6 Apr 54.5 Appointed Lorenzo Baldisseri Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

8 Apr 76.1 Retired Alexis Pham Van Lôc Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam Bishop Emeritus

67.4 Succeeded Pierre Trân Thanh Chung Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam Bishop Emeritus

59.5 Appointed Teofil Józef Wilski Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland

59.5 Appointed Teofil Józef Wilski Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland

10 Apr 60.3 Resigned Noël Delaquis Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Appointed Raymond Roussin, S.M. Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

12 Apr 38.7 Appointed Juan Barros Madrid Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop of Chile, Military

38.7 Appointed Juan Barros Madrid Titular Bishop of Bilta Bishop of Chile, Military

13 Apr 62.6 Appointed Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

62.6 Appointed Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Tigias Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine

50.2 Appointed Christoph Schönborn, O.P. Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Cardinal, Archbishop

18 Apr 60.0 Ordained Bishop John Kevin Boland Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA

75.7 Retired Edward Dennis Head † Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Henry Joseph Mansell Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

19 Apr 75.8 Retired José Gabriel Calderón Contreras † Bishop of Cartago, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Appointed Luis Madrid Merlano Bishop of Cartago, Colombia

20 Apr 76.6 Retired Giovanni Canestri Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.1 Died José Capmany Casamitjana † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

44.0 Ordained Bishop William Edward Lori Titular Bishop of Bulla Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

61.1 Appointed Dionigi Tettamanzi Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy

85.4 Died Alojz Turk † Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

22 Apr 74.5 Retired Robert-Joseph Coffy † Archbishop of Marseille, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

70.3 Appointed Francesco Colasuonno † Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy

61.6 Ordained Bishop Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua

95.3 Died Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China

40.9 Ordained Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo

64.2 Succeeded Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu Archbishop of Marseille, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.4 Appointed Fernando Sáenz Lacalle Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

23 Apr 49.4 Ordained Bishop Gilles Côté, S.M.M. Titular Bishop of Cissa Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

59.5 Resigned Anthony Hampden Dickson Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

65.8 Appointed Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Ordained Bishop Maurice Konan Kouassi Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire

25 Apr 51.2 Ordained Bishop Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J. Titular Bishop of Slebte Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

27 Apr 71.1 Died Bienvenido M. Lopez † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

29 Apr 55.5 Installed Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México

69.0 Appointed Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile

71.3 Ordained Bishop Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. † Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York

50.4 Ordained Bishop Luigi Ventura Titular Archbishop of Equilium Apostolic Nuncio to Canada

30 Apr 55.0 Ordained Bishop Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop

218.0 Beatified Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim † Bishop of Trento, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	52.4	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Apostolic Nuncio to Other	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
1 Mar	63.4	Died	Eugenio Corecco †	Bishop of Lugano, Switzerland
2 Mar	67.2	Died	James Patrick Mahoney †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
3 Mar	48.2	Appointed	Gabriel 'Leke Abegunrin	Bishop of Osogbo, Nigeria
33.6	Incardinated	Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo	Priest of Osogbo, Nigeria	Coadjutor Bishop of Oyo, Nigeria
67.9	Appointed	Xavier-Marie Baronnet, S.J.	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Zacarias Kamwenho	Coadjutor Archbishop of Lubango, Angola	Archbishop
60.1	Appointed	Thomas Kwaku Mensah	Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana	Archbishop of Kumasi, Ghana
40.6	Appointed	Agapiti Ndorobo	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
47.1	Appointed	Joseph Osei-Bonsu	Bishop of Konongo-Mampong, Ghana
39.4	Appointed	Joseph Mukasa Zuza	Bishop of Mzuzu, Malawi
4 Mar	57.3	Appointed	Benedetto Maria Salvatore Chianetta, O.S.B.	Abbot of Santissima Trinità di Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy
5 Mar	61.8	Died	Antônio Felippe da Cunha, S.D.N. †	Bishop of Guanhães, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar	62.9	Ordained Bishop	John Martin Dougherty	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
79.7	Died	Stephen John Kocisko †	Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
82.0	Died	Stefan László †	Bishop Emeritus of Eisenstadt, Austria
75.0	Retired	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
69.6	Died	George To Bata †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
8 Mar	68.3	Died	Fikre-Mariam Ghemetchu, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nekemte, Ethiopia
11 Mar	40.9	Appointed	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Talca, Chile
40.9	Appointed	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Bishop of Talca, Chile
12 Mar	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Batakian, I.C.P.B.	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia degli Armeni	Eparch of Our Lady of Nareg in New York (Armenian), USA
89.4	Died	Karl Gnädinger †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
87.9	Died	Petrus Canisius Jean van Lierde, O.S.A. †	Official Emeritus of the Roman Curia - Other
13 Mar	88.2	Died	Marc Mihayo †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tabora, Tanzania
14 Mar	61.3	Appointed	Thomas Ludger Dupré	Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.2	Appointed	Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, S.J. †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
15 Mar	55.4	Appointed	Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán	Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México
76.3	Retired	Manuel Castro Ruiz	Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México	Archbishop Emeritus
83.2	Died	Barthélémy Malunga †	Bishop Emeritus of Kamina, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
62.6	Resigned	Tiago Postma †	Bishop of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar	79.5	Died	José María Márquez Bernal, C.M.F. †	Prelate Emeritus of Humahuaca, Argentina
18 Mar	54.7	Ordained Bishop	José Gonzalez Alonso	Titular Bishop of Baliana	Bishop of Cajazeiras, Paraiba, Brazil
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Josef Grünwald	Titular Bishop of Fronta	Auxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, Germany
72.2	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
72.2	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Delegate to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
75.8	Retired	Antonio Magnoni †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno	Bishop of Cajamarca, Peru	Bishop of Chimbote, Peru
19 Mar	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Aind, S.D.B.	Bishop of Dibrugarh, India
20 Mar	84.9	Died	Michael Arattukulam †	Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
61.0	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Michael Conway †	Titular Bishop of Augurus	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
83.7	Died	Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †	Prelate Emeritus of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Gerald Frederick Kicanas	Titular Bishop of Bela	Bishop of Tucson, Arizona, USA
46.2	Ordained Bishop	George Vance Murry, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
21 Mar	50.7	Succeeded	Robert James Carlson	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan, USA
75.6	Retired	Alan Charles Clark †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
68.3	Retired	Paul Vincent Dudley †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Peter Smith	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Archbishop of Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
61.9	Appointed	Philip Francis Straling	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Daniel Francis Walsh	Bishop of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Bishop of Santa Rosa in California, USA
22 Mar	54.5	Succeeded	Gentil Delázari	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil
75.3	Retired	Henrique Froehlich, S.J. †	Bishop of Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Czeslaw Kozon	Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
71.8	Resigned	Joseph Frans Lescrauwaet, M.S.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
67.6	Resigned	Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J.	Bishop of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	João Maria Messi, O.S.M.	Bishop of Irecê, Baia, Brazil	Bishop of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 Mar	52.0	Appointed	Frederick Bernard Henry	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
25 Mar	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton	Bishop of Kandi, Benin	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
55.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bemile	Bishop of Wa, Ghana
64.3	Appointed	Karl Heinrich Braun	Archbishop of Bamberg, Germany	Archbishop Emeritus
60.0	Ordained Bishop	João José Burke, O.F.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Miracema do Tocantins, Tocatins, Brazil	Bishop
58.7	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Bux	Titular Bishop of Aurusuliana	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
55.5	Appointed	Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Otto Georgens	Titular Bishop of Gubaliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, Germany
68.2	Appointed	Paolo Giglio	Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt, Arab Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
51.0	Appointed	Juliusz Janusz	Titular Archbishop of Caprulae	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
51.0	Appointed	Juliusz Janusz	Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Andreas Laun, O.S.F.S.	Titular Bishop of Libertina	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg, Austria
76.4	Retired	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
46.6	Succeeded	Amando Samo	Bishop of Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
66.2	Ordained Bishop	Vito Schlickmann	Titular Bishop of Gurza	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
50.3	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Titular Archbishop of Equilium	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
50.3	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Côte d’Ivoire	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
50.3	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
50.3	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Niger	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
64.9	Ordained Bishop	Severian Stefan Yakymyshyn, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of New Westminster (Ukrainian), Canada	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
27 Mar	65.1	Installed	Robert Edward Mulvee	Coadjutor Bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop Emeritus
28 Mar	50.8	Appointed	Edward Kenneth Braxton	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
50.8	Appointed	Edward Kenneth Braxton	Titular Bishop of Macomades Rusticiana	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
64.9	Appointed	Ivo Fürer	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
82.0	Died	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabarese), India
29 Mar	45.1	Installed	Patrick James Dunn	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
64.9	Confirmed	Ivo Fürer	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Alojz Tkáč	Archbishop of Košice, Slovakia
1 Apr	44.6	Appointed	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Bishop of Cienfuegos, Cuba	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
52.8	Appointed	Norbert Brunner	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
57.5	Appointed	Edwin Colaço	Bishop of Amravati, India	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
58.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Michael Concessao	Titular Bishop of Mascula	Archbishop of Delhi, India
46.9	Appointed	John Atcherley Dew	Auxiliary Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand	Archbishop
46.9	Appointed	John Atcherley Dew	Titular Bishop of Privata	Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand
56.3	Appointed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Auxiliary Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Archbishop
56.3	Appointed	Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
67.4	Appointed	Fernando Ramon Prego Casal †	Bishop of Santa Clara, Cuba
49.2	Appointed	Joseph Maria Punt	Auxiliary Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands	Bishop
49.2	Appointed	Joseph Maria Punt	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
49.2	Appointed	Joseph Maria Punt	Apostolic Administrator of Netherlands, Military	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
79.8	Retired	Joseph Albert Rosario, M.S.F.S.	Bishop of Amravati, India	Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Ordained Bishop	Charles Asa Schleck, C.S.C.	Titular Archbishop of Africa	Official Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
62.8	Resigned	Henri Schwery	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
60.6	Appointed	Charles Soreng, S.J.	Bishop of Hazaribag, India
57.3	Appointed	Stephen M. Tiru	Bishop of Khunti, India
49.0	Appointed	Dieudonné Watio	Bishop of Nkongsamba, Cameroon
2 Apr	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
3 Apr	69.0	Died	Jeremiah Newman †	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
4 Apr	51.2	Died	Abraham Kattumana †	Official of the Roman Curia - Other
62.7	Appointed	James Michael Moynihan	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA
76.1	Retired	Joseph Thomas O'Keefe †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
91.0	Died	Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kuwait
6 Apr	54.5	Appointed	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil
8 Apr	76.1	Retired	Alexis Pham Van Lôc	Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
67.4	Succeeded	Pierre Trân Thanh Chung	Bishop of Kontum, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
59.5	Appointed	Teofil Józef Wilski	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
59.5	Appointed	Teofil Józef Wilski	Titular Bishop of Castellum in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalisz, Poland
10 Apr	60.3	Resigned	Noël Delaquis	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Appointed	Raymond Roussin, S.M.	Bishop of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 Apr	38.7	Appointed	Juan Barros Madrid	Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop of Chile, Military
38.7	Appointed	Juan Barros Madrid	Titular Bishop of Bilta	Bishop of Chile, Military
13 Apr	62.6	Appointed	Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
62.6	Appointed	Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Tigias	Bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia, Ukraine
50.2	Appointed	Christoph Schönborn, O.P.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop
18 Apr	60.0	Ordained Bishop	John Kevin Boland	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA
75.7	Retired	Edward Dennis Head †	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Henry Joseph Mansell	Bishop of Buffalo, New York, USA	Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 Apr	75.8	Retired	José Gabriel Calderón Contreras †	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Appointed	Luis Madrid Merlano	Bishop of Cartago, Colombia
20 Apr	76.6	Retired	Giovanni Canestri	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.1	Died	José Capmany Casamitjana †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
44.0	Ordained Bishop	William Edward Lori	Titular Bishop of Bulla	Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
61.1	Appointed	Dionigi Tettamanzi	Archbishop of Genova {Genoa}, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
85.4	Died	Alojz Turk †	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
22 Apr	74.5	Retired	Robert-Joseph Coffy †	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
70.3	Appointed	Francesco Colasuonno †	Apostolic Nuncio to San Marino	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Italy
61.6	Ordained Bishop	Bernardo Hombach Lütkermeier	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop of Granada, Nicaragua
95.3	Died	Charles-Joseph Lemaire, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kirin [Jilin], China
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
64.2	Succeeded	Bernard Louis Auguste Paul Panafieu	Archbishop of Marseille, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.4	Appointed	Fernando Sáenz Lacalle	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
23 Apr	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Gilles Côté, S.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
59.5	Resigned	Anthony Hampden Dickson	Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
65.8	Appointed	Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Maurice Konan Kouassi	Bishop of Odienné, Côte d’Ivoire	Bishop of Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire
25 Apr	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Terrence Thomas Prendergast, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Slebte	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
27 Apr	71.1	Died	Bienvenido M. Lopez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
29 Apr	55.5	Installed	Emilio Carlos Berlie Belaunzarán	Archbishop of Yucatán, Yucatán, México
69.0	Appointed	Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Temuco, Chile
71.3	Ordained Bishop	Hovhannes Tertsakian, C.A.M. †	Titular Bishop of Trapezus degli Armeni	Exarch Emeritus of United States of America and Canada, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Armenian), New York
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Ventura	Titular Archbishop of Equilium	Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
30 Apr	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S.	Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop
218.0	Beatified	Bl. Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleitheim †	Bishop of Trento, Italy

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