The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 79.7 Died Stanislaus Joseph Brzana † Bishop Emeritus of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

44.1 Ordained Bishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

52.3 Ordained Bishop József Tamás Titular Bishop of Valabria Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

3 Mar 50.0 Appointed John 'Oke Afareha Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

50.0 Appointed John 'Oke Afareha Titular Bishop of Mina Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

76.9 Retired Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga † Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

48.0 Succeeded Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S. Bishop of Warri, Nigeria Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria

57.0 Appointed Joseph O. Egerega Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria

57.0 Appointed Joseph O. Egerega Titular Bishop of Tanudaia Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria

75.9 Retired Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S. Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka

72.0 Resigned Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. Bishop of Warri, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

65.2 Appointed Emmanuel Kataliko † Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

51.7 Appointed Gabriel Kujur, S.J. Bishop of Daltonganj, India

83.1 Died William Edward McManus † Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

66.5 Appointed Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, C.I.C.M. Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

42.4 Appointed Paul Yoshinao Otsuka Bishop of Kyoto, Japan

59.7 Appointed Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R. Bishop of Niamey, Niger Bishop Emeritus

69.5 Resigned Raymond Ken'ichi Tanaka Bishop of Kyoto, Japan Bishop Emeritus

4 Mar 67.4 Died Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad † Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

5 Mar 61.0 Appointed José da Cruz Policarpo Coadjutor Patriarch of Lisboa, Portugal Cardinal, Patriarch

62.5 Appointed Franc Rodé, C.M. Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

76.3 Retired Alojzij Šuštar † Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Archbishop Emeritus

82.6 Died Karmelo Zazinovic † Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia

6 Mar 82.6 Died José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto † Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

7 Mar 93.3 Died José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares † Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.9 Resigned Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando † Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed Eugenio Romero Pose † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

48.0 Appointed Eugenio Romero Pose † Titular Bishop of Turuda Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

8 Mar 45.7 Ordained Bishop Pablo Vizcaino Prado Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, Guatemala

9 Mar 57.1 Ordained Bishop Jean-Charles Marie Descubes Bishop of Agen, France Archbishop of Rouen, France

51.3 Ordained Bishop Luiz Antônio Guedes Titular Bishop of Maturba Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.2 Ordained Bishop Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Lamphua Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

10 Mar 74.1 Appointed José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

56.1 Appointed Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

56.1 Appointed Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Saldae Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

86.8 Retired Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

101.1 Died Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. † Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

11 Mar 55.5 Appointed José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District Bishop of Irapuato, México

55.5 Appointed José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Titular Bishop of Naratcata Bishop of Irapuato, México

14 Mar 42.8 Ordained Bishop Paul-André Durocher Titular Bishop of Ausuaga Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada

15 Mar 48.7 Appointed Juan García Rodríguez Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba

48.7 Appointed Juan García Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba

45.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

58.5 Appointed Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Prelate of Yauyos, Peru Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru

16 Mar 44.2 Ordained Bishop Jean Damascène Bimenyimana Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda

74.7 Died Pierre Callaos † Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria

17 Mar 53.5 Ordained Bishop Sergio Lasam Utleg Coadjutor Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines Bishop of Laoag, Philippines

65.5 Installed John Walter Yanta Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 52.5 Appointed Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

62.1 Appointed Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia Bishop of Pereira, Colombia

51.8 Appointed Christie Albert Macaluso Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

51.8 Appointed Christie Albert Macaluso Titular Bishop of Grass Valley Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

54.9 Appointed Mário Rino Sivieri Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil

19 Mar 56.1 Ordained Bishop José Luis Chávez Botello Titular Bishop of Cova Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

46.0 Ordained Bishop José Vicente Conejero Gallego Coadjutor Bishop of Formosa, Argentina Bishop

54.7 Ordained Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina Bishop of Morón, Argentina

53.5 Ordained Bishop José Trinidad González Rodríguez Titular Bishop of Menefessi Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

57.2 Ordained Bishop Ante Ivas Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia

58.1 Ordained Bishop Jesús Moliné Labarte Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru Bishop

20 Mar 76.3 Retired Adolfo Hernández Hurtado † Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México

22 Mar 57.6 Ordained Bishop Alexis Habiyambere, S.J. Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda

23 Mar 78.3 Died Timothy Joseph Harrington † Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

25 Mar 63.7 Appointed John Bulaitis Apostolic Nuncio to Albania

50.2 Appointed Thomas Christopher Collins Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

26 Mar 75.2 Retired Leonard James Crowley † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar 57.3 Appointed Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny Bishop of Blois, France

76.0 Retired Giovanni Pisanu † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.0 Appointed Sebastiano Sanguinetti Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy

83.5 Died Joseph Gustave François Wicquart † Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France

29 Mar 66.4 Appointed Gerardo Tomás Farrell † Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

82.2 Died Mario Picchi, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

31 Mar 45.8 Ordained Bishop Jesse Eugenio Mercado Titular Bishop of Talaptula Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines

1 Apr 46.8 Succeeded Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

73.8 Resigned René Henry Gracida Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr 64.9 Appointed Justo Mullor García Apostolic Nuncio to México President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

75.5 Retired Girolamo Prigione Apostolic Nuncio to México Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

3 Apr 60.2 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue

46.2 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

5 Apr 75.1 Retired Louis Anthony DeSimone Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.1 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Orlandoni Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

66.8 Appointed Vittorio Tomassetti † Coadjutor Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

66.0 Installed Francesco Zerrillo Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

6 Apr 46.2 Installed Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

62.5 Ordained Bishop Franc Rodé, C.M. Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

66.6 Died Gabriel Toubia † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon

47.6 Ordained Bishop David Allen Zubik Titular Bishop of Jamestown Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

7 Apr 52.5 Installed Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA

60.2 Appointed Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

58.0 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

58.0 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Titular Archbishop of Thizica Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

8 Apr 68.9 Died Lawrence Ephraem Thottam † Bishop of Marthandom (Malankarese), India

10 Apr 75.0 Retired José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

63.8 Resigned Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. Bishop of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Succeeded Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador

11 Apr 53.4 Ordained Bishop Karl Bürgler, C.SS.R. Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia

12 Apr 66.5 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Tomás Farrell † Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

55.6 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Titular Bishop of Naratcata Bishop of Irapuato, México

48.9 Ordained Bishop Philippe Rukamba Bishop of Butare, Rwanda

42.5 Ordained Bishop Michel Visi † Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

13 Apr 60.0 Installed Lluís Martínez Sistach Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain

58.1 Installed Giuseppe Orlandoni Bishop of Senigallia, Italy

14 Apr 61.7 Appointed Emile Destombes, M.E.P. Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia Vicar Apostolic

61.7 Appointed Emile Destombes, M.E.P. Titular Bishop of Altava Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

54.0 Appointed Angelo Fagiani Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

80.4 Died Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi

15 Apr 84.6 Died Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines

89.3 Died Jaime Garcia Goulart † Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste

16 Apr 50.5 Appointed Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil

63.3 Resigned Francisco José Cox Huneeus Archbishop of La Serena, Chile Archbishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. Archbishop of La Serena, Chile

18 Apr 95.2 Died Vincent-Marie Favé † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

19 Apr 67.9 Ordained Bishop Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. Titular Bishop of Lamsorti Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

53.8 Appointed Benvenuto Italo Castellani Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy Archbishop of Lucca, Italy

58.9 Appointed Iván Antonio Marín López Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

58.7 Ordained Bishop José María Pinheiro Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.6 Ordained Bishop José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo Titular Bishop of Mozotcori Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela

69.9 Appointed Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. Titular Archbishop of Antinoë Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India

20 Apr 51.5 Ordained Bishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina Titular Bishop of Iziriana Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

41.0 Ordained Bishop Jan Ozga Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

21 Apr 53.0 Appointed Joji Govindu Bishop of Nalgonda, India

67.1 Appointed Oswald Georg Hirmer Bishop of Umtata, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Peter J. Kairo Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya

57.0 Appointed Damian Kyaruzi Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania

53.2 Appointed Paul Maipan Bishop of Khammam, India

53.4 Appointed Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

53.4 Appointed Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Simidicca Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

65.3 Succeeded Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus

55.3 Appointed Evariste Ngoyagoye Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi Archbishop of Bujumbura, Burundi

59.2 Appointed Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Pierre Nguyên Van Nho † Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam

74.2 Retired Maurice Michael Otunga † Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.3 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany † Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

46.8 Appointed Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia

50.2 Appointed Peter Turang Coadjutor Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia Archbishop

64.2 Appointed Jean Sommeng Vorachak Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

64.2 Appointed Jean Sommeng Vorachak Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

80.5 Died Nicolas Eugene Walsh † Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA

23 Apr 59.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Morandini Apostolic Nuncio to Korea Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

59.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Morandini Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia Apostolic Nuncio to Syria

24 Apr 61.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. Bishop of Dharmapuri, India

45.2 Appointed Reinaldo del Prette Lissot Coadjutor Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela

25 Apr 58.0 Appointed Juraj Jezerinac Bishop of Croatia, Military

63.0 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

63.0 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium

46.8 Ordained Bishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil

26 Apr 62.6 Ordained Bishop Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela

75.0 Retired Hans Leo Drewes † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 45.6 Ordained Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania

58.6 Installed Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Prelate of Yauyos, Peru Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru

29 Apr 76.2 Retired Luigi Diligenza Archbishop of Capua, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

39.4 Appointed Thomas Maria Renz Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

39.4 Appointed Thomas Maria Renz Titular Bishop of Rucuma Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

56.3 Appointed Bruno Schettino Archbishop of Capua, Italy

30 Apr 56.5 Appointed Anthony Giroux Meagher † Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

56.5 Appointed Anthony Giroux Meagher † Titular Bishop of Dura Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	79.7	Died	Stanislaus Joseph Brzana †	Bishop Emeritus of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Cyprian Kizito Lwanga	Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
52.3	Ordained Bishop	József Tamás	Titular Bishop of Valabria	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
3 Mar	50.0	Appointed	John 'Oke Afareha	Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
50.0	Appointed	John 'Oke Afareha	Titular Bishop of Mina	Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
76.9	Retired	Martin-Léonard Bakole wa Ilunga †	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
48.0	Succeeded	Richard Anthony Burke, S.P.S.	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
57.0	Appointed	Joseph O. Egerega	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria
57.0	Appointed	Joseph O. Egerega	Titular Bishop of Tanudaia	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria
75.9	Retired	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando, S.S.S.	Bishop of Badulla, Sri Lanka
72.0	Resigned	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S.	Bishop of Warri, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
65.2	Appointed	Emmanuel Kataliko †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
51.7	Appointed	Gabriel Kujur, S.J.	Bishop of Daltonganj, India
83.1	Died	William Edward McManus †	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
66.5	Appointed	Godefroid Mukeng'a Kalond, C.I.C.M.	Archbishop of Kananga, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
42.4	Appointed	Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Bishop of Kyoto, Japan
59.7	Appointed	Guy Armand Romano, C.SS.R.	Bishop of Niamey, Niger	Bishop Emeritus
69.5	Resigned	Raymond Ken'ichi Tanaka	Bishop of Kyoto, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar	67.4	Died	Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad †	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
5 Mar	61.0	Appointed	José da Cruz Policarpo	Coadjutor Patriarch of Lisboa, Portugal	Cardinal, Patriarch
62.5	Appointed	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
76.3	Retired	Alojzij Šuštar †	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Archbishop Emeritus
82.6	Died	Karmelo Zazinovic †	Bishop Emeritus of Krk (Veglia), Croatia
6 Mar	82.6	Died	José Alberto Lopes de Castro Pinto †	Bishop Emeritus of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 Mar	93.3	Died	José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares †	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.9	Resigned	Nicodemus Atle Basili Hhando †	Bishop of Mbulu, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	Eugenio Romero Pose †	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
48.0	Appointed	Eugenio Romero Pose †	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
8 Mar	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Vizcaino Prado	Bishop of Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu, Guatemala
9 Mar	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Charles Marie Descubes	Bishop of Agen, France	Archbishop of Rouen, France
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Luiz Antônio Guedes	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Lamphua	Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
10 Mar	74.1	Appointed	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
56.1	Appointed	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
56.1	Appointed	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
86.8	Retired	Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
101.1	Died	Johannes Theodor Suhr, O.S.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
11 Mar	55.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District	Bishop of Irapuato, México
55.5	Appointed	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Bishop of Irapuato, México
14 Mar	42.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul-André Durocher	Titular Bishop of Ausuaga	Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
15 Mar	48.7	Appointed	Juan García Rodríguez	Auxiliary Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
48.7	Appointed	Juan García Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Gummi in Proconsulari	Archbishop of Camagüey, Cuba
45.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Ozoria Acosta	Bishop of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
58.5	Appointed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
16 Mar	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean Damascène Bimenyimana	Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
74.7	Died	Pierre Callaos †	Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria
17 Mar	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Lasam Utleg	Coadjutor Bishop of Ilagan, Philippines	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines
65.5	Installed	John Walter Yanta	Bishop of Amarillo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	52.5	Appointed	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
62.1	Appointed	Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S.	Bishop of Apartadó, Colombia	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
51.8	Appointed	Christie Albert Macaluso	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
51.8	Appointed	Christie Albert Macaluso	Titular Bishop of Grass Valley	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
54.9	Appointed	Mário Rino Sivieri	Bishop of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
19 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	José Luis Chávez Botello	Titular Bishop of Cova	Archbishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
46.0	Ordained Bishop	José Vicente Conejero Gallego	Coadjutor Bishop of Formosa, Argentina	Bishop
54.7	Ordained Bishop	Luis Guillermo Eichhorn	Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Argentina	Bishop of Morón, Argentina
53.5	Ordained Bishop	José Trinidad González Rodríguez	Titular Bishop of Menefessi	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
57.2	Ordained Bishop	Ante Ivas	Bishop of Šibenik (Knin), Croatia
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Moliné Labarte	Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru	Bishop
20 Mar	76.3	Retired	Adolfo Hernández Hurtado †	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Michoacán, México
22 Mar	57.6	Ordained Bishop	Alexis Habiyambere, S.J.	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda
23 Mar	78.3	Died	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
25 Mar	63.7	Appointed	John Bulaitis	Apostolic Nuncio to Albania
50.2	Appointed	Thomas Christopher Collins	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Paul in Alberta, Canada	Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 Mar	75.2	Retired	Leonard James Crowley †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	57.3	Appointed	Maurice Le Bègue de Germiny	Bishop of Blois, France
76.0	Retired	Giovanni Pisanu †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.0	Appointed	Sebastiano Sanguinetti	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop of Tempio-Ampurias, Italy
83.5	Died	Joseph Gustave François Wicquart †	Bishop Emeritus of Coutances (-Avranches), France
29 Mar	66.4	Appointed	Gerardo Tomás Farrell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
82.2	Died	Mario Picchi, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
31 Mar	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Jesse Eugenio Mercado	Titular Bishop of Talaptula	Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines
1 Apr	46.8	Succeeded	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
73.8	Resigned	René Henry Gracida	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	64.9	Appointed	Justo Mullor García	Apostolic Nuncio to México	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
75.5	Retired	Girolamo Prigione	Apostolic Nuncio to México	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
3 Apr	60.2	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
46.2	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
5 Apr	75.1	Retired	Louis Anthony DeSimone	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.1	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
66.8	Appointed	Vittorio Tomassetti †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
66.0	Installed	Francesco Zerrillo	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	46.2	Installed	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
66.6	Died	Gabriel Toubia †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
47.6	Ordained Bishop	David Allen Zubik	Titular Bishop of Jamestown	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
7 Apr	52.5	Installed	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA
60.2	Appointed	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I.	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
58.0	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
58.0	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Titular Archbishop of Thizica	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
8 Apr	68.9	Died	Lawrence Ephraem Thottam †	Bishop of Marthandom (Malankarese), India
10 Apr	75.0	Retired	José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
63.8	Resigned	Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M.	Bishop of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Succeeded	Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador
11 Apr	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Karl Bürgler, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Vicar Apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia
12 Apr	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Tomás Farrell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
55.6	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Bishop of Irapuato, México
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Rukamba	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
42.5	Ordained Bishop	Michel Visi †	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
13 Apr	60.0	Installed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
58.1	Installed	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy
14 Apr	61.7	Appointed	Emile Destombes, M.E.P.	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic
61.7	Appointed	Emile Destombes, M.E.P.	Titular Bishop of Altava	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
54.0	Appointed	Angelo Fagiani	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
80.4	Died	Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi
15 Apr	84.6	Died	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
89.3	Died	Jaime Garcia Goulart †	Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
16 Apr	50.5	Appointed	Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Baia, Brazil
63.3	Resigned	Francisco José Cox Huneeus	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
18 Apr	95.2	Died	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
19 Apr	67.9	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M.	Titular Bishop of Lamsorti	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
53.8	Appointed	Benvenuto Italo Castellani	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
58.9	Appointed	Iván Antonio Marín López	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
58.7	Ordained Bishop	José María Pinheiro	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.6	Ordained Bishop	José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Bishop of La Guaira, Venezuela
69.9	Appointed	Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R.	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
20 Apr	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina	Titular Bishop of Iziriana	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Ozga	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
21 Apr	53.0	Appointed	Joji Govindu	Bishop of Nalgonda, India
67.1	Appointed	Oswald Georg Hirmer	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Peter J. Kairo	Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
57.0	Appointed	Damian Kyaruzi	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania
53.2	Appointed	Paul Maipan	Bishop of Khammam, India
53.4	Appointed	Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
53.4	Appointed	Cyprien Mbuka, C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.3	Succeeded	Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
55.3	Appointed	Evariste Ngoyagoye	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi	Archbishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
59.2	Appointed	Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc	Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt, Viêt Nam	Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Pierre Nguyên Van Nho †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam
74.2	Retired	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.3	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
46.8	Appointed	Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia
50.2	Appointed	Peter Turang	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia	Archbishop
64.2	Appointed	Jean Sommeng Vorachak	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
64.2	Appointed	Jean Sommeng Vorachak	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
80.5	Died	Nicolas Eugene Walsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA
23 Apr	59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Morandini	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Morandini	Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria
24 Apr	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B.	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India
45.2	Appointed	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot	Coadjutor Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
25 Apr	58.0	Appointed	Juraj Jezerinac	Bishop of Croatia, Military
63.0	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
63.0	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Para, Brazil
26 Apr	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum	Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela
75.0	Retired	Hans Leo Drewes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	45.6	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania
58.6	Installed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru	Archbishop of Cuzco, Peru
29 Apr	76.2	Retired	Luigi Diligenza	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
39.4	Appointed	Thomas Maria Renz	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
39.4	Appointed	Thomas Maria Renz	Titular Bishop of Rucuma	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
56.3	Appointed	Bruno Schettino	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
30 Apr	56.5	Appointed	Anthony Giroux Meagher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
56.5	Appointed	Anthony Giroux Meagher †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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