The Year of Our Lord 1996

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 31.4 Appointed Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso Official of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

71.1 Resigned Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

2 Mar 54.4 Ordained Bishop Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop

72.2 Confirmed Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. † Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz Prelate of Tibú, Colombia Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia

70.3 Appointed Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

77.9 Retired Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru Archbishop Emeritus

3 Mar 62.2 Installed Pietro Brollo Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy

56.7 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P. Coadjutor Bishop of Saurimo, Angola Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola

85.3 Died John Joseph Krol † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

64.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan

85.5 Died Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa

4 Mar 83.6 Died Gerhard Schaffran † Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany

5 Mar 50.3 Ordained Bishop John Raymond Manz Titular Bishop of Mulia Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 Mar 71.3 Appointed Lajos Kada † Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain

70.0 Appointed Luigi de Magistris Titular Bishop of Nova Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

7 Mar 57.8 Appointed James Vernon Weisgerber Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

8 Mar 51.2 Appointed José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization

51.2 Appointed José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Titular Bishop of Troyna Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization

54.7 Appointed Fernando Sabogal Viana † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

54.7 Appointed Fernando Sabogal Viana † Titular Bishop of Muteci Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

93.0 Died Alfredo Vicente Scherer † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

48.9 Appointed Oscar Urbina Ortega Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

48.9 Appointed Oscar Urbina Ortega Titular Bishop of Forconium Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

9 Mar 88.6 Died Paolo Carta † Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy

69.1 Ordained Bishop Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr. † Bishop of Kabale, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Constantin Guirma † Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

38.6 Appointed Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya Bishop Emeritus of Kenya, Military

38.6 Appointed Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum Bishop Emeritus of Kenya, Military

53.4 Appointed Thaddée Ntihinyurwa Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda Archbishop Emeritus

54.2 Appointed Giovanni Tonucci Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy

10 Mar 38.2 Ordained Priest Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei Priest of Opus Dei Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

62.9 Ordained Bishop Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre † Coadjutor Bishop of Malanje, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola

11 Mar 76.0 Retired Ivo Gugic † Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Appointed Ilija Janjić Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

62.2 Ordained Bishop Robert Patrick Maginnis Titular Bishop of Siminina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

49.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Francis Martino Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

75.8 Retired Ciriaco Scanzillo † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 47.3 Appointed Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

43.2 Appointed Anastase Mutabazi Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

52.8 Appointed Servilien Nzakamwita Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda

15 Mar 64.2 Appointed Eugene Jerome Cooney Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

66.6 Died Czeslaw Domin † Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

76.1 Retired José Antonio Infantes Florido † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández Bishop of Córdoba, Spain Archbishop of Granada, Spain

25.6 Ordained Priest Gustavo Alejandro Montini Priest of Rafaela, Argentina Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina

16 Mar 43.2 Ordained Bishop Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M. Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

58.1 Appointed Giuseppe Molinari Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Tobji Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria Archbishop

17 Mar 31.4 Solemn Vows Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D. Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile

165.0 Beatified St. Daniele Comboni, F.S.C.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan

130.9 Beatified St. Guido Maria Conforti † Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy

46.7 Ordained Bishop José Nambi Coadjutor Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola Bishop

18 Mar 61.5 Appointed Ambrose Battista De Paoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

51.9 Appointed Rino Passigato Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal

19 Mar 63.8 Installed John Jerome Cunneen † Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

84.0 Died Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria

27.8 Ordained Priest Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador

45.9 Ordained Bishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt

55.0 Ordained Bishop Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

53.2 Installed Robert William Muench Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

20 Mar 59.0 Ordained Bishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka, Japan Archbishop Emeritus

21 Mar 60.5 Died João Bergese † Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil

23 Mar 54.9 Ordained Bishop Walter Mixa Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

24 Mar 86.2 Died Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi

57.0 Installed Enrico Masseroni Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

25 Mar 58.9 Succeeded José María Arancibia Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

28.5 Solemn Vows Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia

46.2 Appointed Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Bishop of Málaga, Spain

46.2 Appointed Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Titular Bishop of Urusi Bishop of Málaga, Spain

64.3 Installed Antons Justs † Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia Bishop Emeritus

75.8 Retired Jan Mazur † Bishop of Siedlce, Poland Bishop Emeritus

54.6 Ordained Bishop José Moreira de Melo Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Appointed Jesús Murgui Soriano Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

49.9 Appointed Jesús Murgui Soriano Titular Bishop of Lete Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

64.4 Appointed Jan Wiktor Nowak † Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

56.9 Ordained Bishop Edwin Frederick O’Brien Titular Bishop of Thizica Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

75.5 Retired Cándido Genaro Rubiolo † Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

27 Mar 45.8 Appointed Alberto Taveira Corrêa Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

29 Mar 40.7 Appointed John Michael Botean Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA

58.0 Appointed Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar

44.3 Appointed Stefan Soroka Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

44.3 Appointed Stefan Soroka Titular Bishop of Acarassus Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

30 Mar 73.7 Retired Joseph Candolfi † Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Ordained Priest Ladislav Hučko Priest Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

72.9 Ordained Bishop Ivan Ljavinec † Titular Bishop of Acalissus Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

85.5 Died Angelo Scapecchi † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy

55.1 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) † Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso

1 Apr 52.9 Appointed Armando Xavier Ochoa Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA

2 Apr 53.4 Appointed Francis Joseph Christian Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Francis Joseph Christian Titular Bishop of Quincy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

46.3 Appointed Mario Espinosa Contreras Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México

63.1 Appointed Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

3 Apr 55.7 Appointed Francisco Gil Hellín Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

55.7 Appointed Francisco Gil Hellín Titular Bishop of Citium Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain

93.7 Died Alphonse James Schladweiler † Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA

67.8 Resigned Elio Sgreccia † Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life

4 Apr 65.5 Appointed Salvatore De Giorgi Archbishop of Palermo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

77.5 Retired Salvatore Pappalardo † Archbishop of Palermo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

7 Apr 25.5 Perpetual Vows Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.SS.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa (Ukrainian), Ukraine

9 Apr 50.9 Appointed Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S. Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

75.8 Retired Aurélio Granada Escudeiro † Bishop of Angra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

55.0 Appointed António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I. Bishop of Angra, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

10 Apr 55.2 Appointed Luigi Ferrando Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

76.0 Retired Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. † Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Filippo Santoro Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

47.7 Appointed Filippo Santoro Titular Bishop of Tuscamia Archbishop of Taranto, Italy

11 Apr 38.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Banga Bane Coadjutor Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

80.2 Died Carlo Minchiatti † Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy

61.1 Appointed Juliusz Paetz Archbishop of Poznań, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Jerzy Stroba † Archbishop of Poznań, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

12 Apr 72.5 Died Gilles Bélisle † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

61.4 Appointed Benito Cocchi † Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

76.1 Retired William Edward Murray † Bishop of Wollongong, Australia Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

45.5 Appointed Philip Edward Wilson Bishop of Wollongong, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia

13 Apr 64.9 Appointed Blasco Francisco Collaço Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa

26.3 Ordained Priest Stephen Dami Mamza Priest of Maiduguri, Nigeria Bishop of Yola, Nigeria

30.8 Ordained Priest Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb Priest of Douala, Cameroon Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon

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

51.3 Ordained Bishop José Octavio Ruiz Arenas Titular Bishop of Troyna Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization

54.8 Ordained Bishop Fernando Sabogal Viana † Titular Bishop of Muteci Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

27.4 Ordained Priest George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Bishop of Zomba, Malawi

49.0 Ordained Bishop Oscar Urbina Ortega Titular Bishop of Forconium Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

14 Apr 48.7 Ordained Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain

15 Apr 69.8 Appointed Dominik Hrušovský † Titular Archbishop of Tubia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belarus

69.8 Appointed Dominik Hrušovský † Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

82.1 Died Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy

16 Apr 91.6 Died Giuseppe Fenocchio † Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy

17 Apr 93.3 Died João Batista Costa, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil

18 Apr 73.0 Died Jean Cuminal † Bishop of Blois, France

19 Apr 62.8 Died Kevin Lawrence Rafferty † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain

21 Apr 27.7 Ordained Priest Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón Priest of Reconquista, Argentina Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina

70.3 Died Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu † Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

22 Apr 26.5 Ordained Priest Severo Cagátan Caérmare Priest of Dipolog, Philippines Bishop

57.3 Appointed Félix Kouadjo † Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire

50.2 Appointed Louis Nzala Kianza Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.8 Appointed Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galápagos, Ecuador

23 Apr 75.0 Retired Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González † Bishop of Melo, Uruguay Bishop Emeritus

86.5 Died Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

25 Apr 75.1 Retired Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Appointed Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. † Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines

26 Apr 89.6 Died Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. † Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines

59.5 Ordained Bishop Paulinus Costa † Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

27 Apr 59.0 Appointed Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala

61.7 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

61.7 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

61.7 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

61.7 Appointed Patrick Coveney Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece

51.6 Ordained Bishop Ilija Janjić Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro

56.7 Ordained Bishop Francesco Sarego, S.V.D. Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

64.7 Resigned Thomas Anthony White † Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

64.7 Resigned Thomas Anthony White † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

64.7 Resigned Thomas Anthony White † Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania) Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

64.7 Resigned Thomas Anthony White † Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)

28 Apr 61.8 Ordained Bishop Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi † Bishop of Aného, Togo

70.1 Ordained Bishop Luigi de Magistris Titular Bishop of Nova Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

83.3 Died Pierluigi Sartorelli † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya

29 Apr 72.3 Resigned Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27.4 Ordained Priest Fidelis Bautista Layog Priest of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop

30 Apr 45.2 Appointed Rogelio Cabrera López Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

59.2 Appointed Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	31.4	Appointed	Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso	Official of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”	Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
71.1	Resigned	Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
2 Mar	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Balsas, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop
72.2	Confirmed	Sofron Stefan Wasyl Mudry, O.S.B.M. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk [Stanisławów] (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Quintero Díaz	Prelate of Tibú, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Leticia, Colombia
70.3	Appointed	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
77.9	Retired	Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. †	Archbishop of Arequipa, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Mar	62.2	Installed	Pietro Brollo	Bishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Udine, Italy
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Dal Corso, P.S.D.P.	Coadjutor Bishop of Saurimo, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Benguela, Angola
85.3	Died	John Joseph Krol †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
64.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of El Obeid, Sudan
85.5	Died	Gerard Marie Franciscus van Velsen, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kroonstad, South Africa
4 Mar	83.6	Died	Gerhard Schaffran †	Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
5 Mar	50.3	Ordained Bishop	John Raymond Manz	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 Mar	71.3	Appointed	Lajos Kada †	Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Spain
70.0	Appointed	Luigi de Magistris	Titular Bishop of Nova	Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
7 Mar	57.8	Appointed	James Vernon Weisgerber	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
8 Mar	51.2	Appointed	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
51.2	Appointed	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
54.7	Appointed	Fernando Sabogal Viana †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
54.7	Appointed	Fernando Sabogal Viana †	Titular Bishop of Muteci	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
93.0	Died	Alfredo Vicente Scherer †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
48.9	Appointed	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
48.9	Appointed	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
9 Mar	88.6	Died	Paolo Carta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
69.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert Marie Gay, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kabale, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Constantin Guirma †	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
38.6	Appointed	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus of Kenya, Military
38.6	Appointed	Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich	Titular Bishop of Iulium Carnicum	Bishop Emeritus of Kenya, Military
53.4	Appointed	Thaddée Ntihinyurwa	Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda	Archbishop Emeritus
54.2	Appointed	Giovanni Tonucci	Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya	Prelate Emeritus of Loreto, Italy
10 Mar	38.2	Ordained Priest	Levi Bonatto, Opus Dei	Priest of Opus Dei	Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
62.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis María Pérez de Onraita Aguirre †	Coadjutor Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Malanje, Angola
11 Mar	76.0	Retired	Ivo Gugic †	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Appointed	Ilija Janjić	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
62.2	Ordained Bishop	Robert Patrick Maginnis	Titular Bishop of Siminina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Martino	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
75.8	Retired	Ciriaco Scanzillo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	47.3	Appointed	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Bishop of Pathein, Myanmar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
43.2	Appointed	Anastase Mutabazi	Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Louis Nkinga Bondala, C.I.C.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Lisala, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
52.8	Appointed	Servilien Nzakamwita	Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda
15 Mar	64.2	Appointed	Eugene Jerome Cooney	Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
66.6	Died	Czeslaw Domin †	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
76.1	Retired	José Antonio Infantes Florido †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain	Archbishop of Granada, Spain
25.6	Ordained Priest	Gustavo Alejandro Montini	Priest of Rafaela, Argentina	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
16 Mar	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Siméon Ahouanan Djro, O.F.M.	Bishop of Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire	Archbishop of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
58.1	Appointed	Giuseppe Molinari	Coadjutor Archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Tobji	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop
17 Mar	31.4	Solemn Vows	Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.	Member of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile
165.0	Beatified	St. Daniele Comboni, F.S.C.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}, Sudan
130.9	Beatified	St. Guido Maria Conforti †	Bishop of Parma (-Fontevivo), Italy
46.7	Ordained Bishop	José Nambi	Coadjutor Bishop of Kwito-Bié, Angola	Bishop
18 Mar	61.5	Appointed	Ambrose Battista De Paoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio to Australia
51.9	Appointed	Rino Passigato	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Portugal
19 Mar	63.8	Installed	John Jerome Cunneen †	Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
84.0	Died	Michael James Edward Dempsey, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Nigeria
27.8	Ordained Priest	Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Clément-Joseph Hannouche	Bishop of Le Caire {Cairo} (Syrian), Egypt
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Bishop of Kasongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
53.2	Installed	Robert William Muench	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
20 Mar	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar	60.5	Died	João Bergese †	Archbishop of Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil
23 Mar	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Walter Mixa	Bishop of Eichstätt, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
24 Mar	86.2	Died	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
57.0	Installed	Enrico Masseroni	Archbishop of Vercelli, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
25 Mar	58.9	Succeeded	José María Arancibia	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
28.5	Solemn Vows	Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
46.2	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
46.2	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Titular Bishop of Urusi	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
64.3	Installed	Antons Justs †	Bishop of Jelgava, Latvia	Bishop Emeritus
75.8	Retired	Jan Mazur †	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
54.6	Ordained Bishop	José Moreira de Melo	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Appointed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
49.9	Appointed	Jesús Murgui Soriano	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
64.4	Appointed	Jan Wiktor Nowak †	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
56.9	Ordained Bishop	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
75.5	Retired	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar	45.8	Appointed	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins, Brazil	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
29 Mar	40.7	Appointed	John Michael Botean	Bishop of Saint George’s in Canton (Romanian), USA
58.0	Appointed	Michel Malo, Ist. del Prado	Bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar	Archbishop Emeritus of Antsiranana, Madagascar
44.3	Appointed	Stefan Soroka	Auxiliary Bishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
44.3	Appointed	Stefan Soroka	Titular Bishop of Acarassus	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
30 Mar	73.7	Retired	Joseph Candolfi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Ordained Priest	Ladislav Hučko	Priest	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
72.9	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Ljavinec †	Titular Bishop of Acalissus	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
85.5	Died	Angelo Scapecchi †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy
55.1	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Tiendrebeogo (Kiedrebeogo) †	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
1 Apr	52.9	Appointed	Armando Xavier Ochoa	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fresno, California, USA
2 Apr	53.4	Appointed	Francis Joseph Christian	Auxiliary Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Francis Joseph Christian	Titular Bishop of Quincy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
46.3	Appointed	Mario Espinosa Contreras	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México	Bishop of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
63.1	Appointed	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Kyiv-Vyshhorod (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
3 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Francisco Gil Hellín	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
55.7	Appointed	Francisco Gil Hellín	Titular Bishop of Citium	Archbishop Emeritus of Burgos, Spain
93.7	Died	Alphonse James Schladweiler †	Bishop Emeritus of New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
67.8	Resigned	Elio Sgreccia †	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life
4 Apr	65.5	Appointed	Salvatore De Giorgi	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
77.5	Retired	Salvatore Pappalardo †	Archbishop of Palermo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
7 Apr	25.5	Perpetual Vows	Mykhaylo Bubniy, C.SS.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Archiepiscopal Exarch of Odessa (Ukrainian), Ukraine
9 Apr	50.9	Appointed	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek), Australia	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
75.8	Retired	Aurélio Granada Escudeiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
55.0	Appointed	António de Sousa Braga, S.C.I.	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	55.2	Appointed	Luigi Ferrando	Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
76.0	Retired	Miguel Maria Giambelli, B. †	Bishop of Bragança do Pará, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Filippo Santoro	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
47.7	Appointed	Filippo Santoro	Titular Bishop of Tuscamia	Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
11 Apr	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Banga Bane	Coadjutor Bishop of Buta, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
80.2	Died	Carlo Minchiatti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Benevento, Italy
61.1	Appointed	Juliusz Paetz	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Jerzy Stroba †	Archbishop of Poznań, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
12 Apr	72.5	Died	Gilles Bélisle †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
61.4	Appointed	Benito Cocchi †	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
76.1	Retired	William Edward Murray †	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
45.5	Appointed	Philip Edward Wilson	Bishop of Wollongong, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Adelaide, Australia
13 Apr	64.9	Appointed	Blasco Francisco Collaço	Apostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to South Africa
26.3	Ordained Priest	Stephen Dami Mamza	Priest of Maiduguri, Nigeria	Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
30.8	Ordained Priest	Marcellin-Marie Ndabnyemb	Priest of Douala, Cameroon	Bishop of Batouri, Cameroon
77.5	Died	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
51.3	Ordained Bishop	José Octavio Ruiz Arenas	Titular Bishop of Troyna	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Sabogal Viana †	Titular Bishop of Muteci	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
27.4	Ordained Priest	George Desmond Tambala, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi
49.0	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Titular Bishop of Forconium	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
14 Apr	48.7	Ordained Bishop	Juan Antonio Reig Pla	Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
15 Apr	69.8	Appointed	Dominik Hrušovský †	Titular Archbishop of Tubia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belarus
69.8	Appointed	Dominik Hrušovský †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
82.1	Died	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
16 Apr	91.6	Died	Giuseppe Fenocchio †	Bishop Emeritus of Pontremoli, Italy
17 Apr	93.3	Died	João Batista Costa, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Velho, Rondonia, Brazil
18 Apr	73.0	Died	Jean Cuminal †	Bishop of Blois, France
19 Apr	62.8	Died	Kevin Lawrence Rafferty †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
21 Apr	27.7	Ordained Priest	Dante Gustavo Braida Lorenzón	Priest of Reconquista, Argentina	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina
70.3	Died	Lucas Olu Chukwuka Nwaezeapu †	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
22 Apr	26.5	Ordained Priest	Severo Cagátan Caérmare	Priest of Dipolog, Philippines	Bishop
57.3	Appointed	Félix Kouadjo †	Bishop of Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire
50.2	Appointed	Louis Nzala Kianza	Bishop of Popokabaka, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.8	Appointed	Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Quaestoriana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Galápagos, Ecuador
23 Apr	75.0	Retired	Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †	Bishop of Melo, Uruguay	Bishop Emeritus
86.5	Died	Mario Luigi Ciappi, O.P. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of Sacro Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia
25 Apr	75.1	Retired	Adrien André Maria Cimichella, O.S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	Jose Paala Salazar, O.P. †	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Lipa, Philippines
26 Apr	89.6	Died	Reginald Edward Vincent Arliss, C.P. †	Prelate Emeritus of Marbel, Philippines
59.5	Ordained Bishop	Paulinus Costa †	Bishop of Rajshahi, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
27 Apr	59.0	Appointed	Julio Amílcar Bethancourt Fioravanti †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Lima, Guatemala
61.7	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
61.7	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Samoa, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
61.7	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
61.7	Appointed	Patrick Coveney	Apostolic Nuncio to Marshall Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Greece
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Ilija Janjić	Bishop of Kotor (Cattaro), Montenegro
56.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Sarego, S.V.D.	Bishop of Goroka, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
64.7	Resigned	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
64.7	Resigned	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
64.7	Resigned	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Nuncio to Nauru, Pacific (Oceania)	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
64.7	Resigned	Thomas Anthony White †	Apostolic Delegate to Pacific Ocean	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)
28 Apr	61.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Jean-Marie Dossavi †	Bishop of Aného, Togo
70.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi de Magistris	Titular Bishop of Nova	Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
83.3	Died	Pierluigi Sartorelli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya
29 Apr	72.3	Resigned	Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27.4	Ordained Priest	Fidelis Bautista Layog	Priest of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop
30 Apr	45.2	Appointed	Rogelio Cabrera López	Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
59.2	Appointed	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, Illinois, USA

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