The Year of Our Lord 2003

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 75.0 Retired Alfred Kleinermeilert Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

3 Apr 65.6 Appointed Paul Henry Walsh Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.6 Appointed Paul Henry Walsh Titular Bishop of Abthugni Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

4 Apr 76.6 Died Luís Gonzaga Fernandes † Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

53.1 Appointed Felix Genn Bishop of Essen, Germany Bishop of Münster, Germany

49.4 Appointed Christopher Charles Prowse Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Bishop of Sale, Australia

49.4 Appointed Christopher Charles Prowse Titular Bishop of Bahanna Bishop of Sale, Australia

52.4 Appointed Antal Spányi Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary

76.2 Retired Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D. Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

5 Apr 68.2 Installed Antonio Ciliberti Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Raymond John Lahey Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

44.8 Appointed Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M. Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique

49.3 Ordained Bishop Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop

6 Apr 91.1 Died Gerald Emmett Carter † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

50.7 Ordained Bishop Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France Bishop of Nantes, France

70.7 Died Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. † Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabarese), India

56.4 Installed Atilano Rodríguez Martínez Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain

7 Apr 39.3 Appointed Vitaliy Skomarovskyi Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

39.3 Appointed Vitaliy Skomarovskyi Titular Bishop of Bencenna Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

8 Apr 70.8 Died Patrick Fani Chakaipa † Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe

38.3 Appointed Wojciech Polak Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

38.3 Appointed Wojciech Polak Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland

55.3 Appointed Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. Archbishop (Personal Title) of Johannesburg, South Africa Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

76.5 Retired Szczepan Wesoly Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

9 Apr 67.6 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

67.6 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

73.8 Resigned Osório Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Appointed Juliusz Janusz Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

65.0 Succeeded Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

10 Apr 44.8 Appointed Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto Prelate of Calama, Chile Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile

11 Apr 61.1 Appointed Antonio Marino Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

61.1 Appointed Antonio Marino Titular Bishop of Basti Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina

80.8 Died Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands

12 Apr 67.6 Appointed Santos Abril y Castelló Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}

39.9 Appointed Oscar Domingo Sarlinga Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

39.9 Appointed Oscar Domingo Sarlinga Titular Bishop of Uzalis Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina

14 Apr 45.7 Appointed Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana

15 Apr 43.8 Appointed Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Bishop of Nevers, France

43.8 Appointed Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière Titular Bishop of Zallata Bishop of Nevers, France

46.1 Appointed Hervé Jean Robert Giraud Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France

46.1 Appointed Hervé Jean Robert Giraud Titular Bishop of Silli Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France

55.2 Appointed Thomas Anthony Williams Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

55.2 Appointed Thomas Anthony Williams Titular Bishop of Mageó Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain

16 Apr 59.0 Succeeded Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D. Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines

76.3 Retired Diego Natale Bona Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed Giuseppe Guerrini Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

51.0 Appointed Peter Martin Musikuwa Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi

44.3 Appointed Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr., C.I.C.M. Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines

44.3 Appointed Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr., C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines

80.6 Died John Richard Sheets, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

56.0 Appointed Pawel Stobrawa Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

56.0 Appointed Pawel Stobrawa Titular Bishop of Aeca Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

75.3 Retired Jesus Y. Varela Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 50.4 Appointed Cyryl Klimowicz Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation

49.7 Appointed Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D. Bishop of Ełk, Poland

49.3 Installed Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop

19 Apr 88.3 Died Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

90.5 Died Aurelio Sabattani † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

20 Apr 81.5 Died Henri Lemaître † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands

21 Apr 58.5 Ordained Bishop Werner Guballa † Titular Bishop of Catrum Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany

45.7 Ordained Bishop Ulrich Neymeyr Titular Bishop of Maraguia Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany

22 Apr 74.9 Retired Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M. Bishop of Huacho, Peru Bishop Emeritus

62.1 Ordained Bishop Roger Paul Morin Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

23 Apr 80.0 Retired Ivan Ljavinec † Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

24 Apr 75.5 Died Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. † Bishop of Arica, Chile

55.2 Appointed Ladislav Hučko Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

55.2 Appointed Ladislav Hučko Titular Bishop of Horaea Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)

25 Apr 89.5 Died Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales † Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador

44.0 Appointed Cristián Contreras Villarroel Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

44.0 Appointed Cristián Contreras Villarroel Titular Bishop of Illiberi Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

86.0 Died Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai † Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

74.8 Retired Jorge García Isaza, C.M. Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

81.4 Died Otmar Mäder † Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

62.3 Appointed Dominic Mai Luong Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA

62.3 Appointed Dominic Mai Luong Titular Bishop of Cebarades Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA

88.5 Died André Perraudin, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda

52.0 Appointed Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

26 Apr 60.7 Appointed Adriano Bernardini Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina Apostolic Nuncio to Italy

57.4 Ordained Bishop Wieslaw Alojzy Mering Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland

59.6 Ordained Bishop Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz Bishop of Arauca, Colombia Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia

50.6 Appointed Joseph Ngô Quang Kiêt Apostolic Administrator of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam Archbishop Emeritus

103.3 Died José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia

55.0 Ordained Bishop Georges M. Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M. Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)

46.7 Ordained Bishop José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. Coadjutor Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil Bishop

27 Apr 64.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Louis Jean Boishu Titular Bishop of Gauriana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

28 Apr 54.2 Installed José Francisco Robles Ortega Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

29 Apr 77.2 Retired Estanislao Esteban Karlic Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

68.4 Appointed Mario Luis Bautista Maulión Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

30 Apr 64.2 Appointed George William Coleman Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

50.9 Appointed Enrique Díaz Díaz Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

50.9 Appointed Enrique Díaz Díaz Titular Bishop of Izirzada Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

44.3 Appointed Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

76.9 Retired Hildebrando Mendes Costa Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Jenő Schönberger Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	75.0	Retired	Alfred Kleinermeilert	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	65.6	Appointed	Paul Henry Walsh	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.6	Appointed	Paul Henry Walsh	Titular Bishop of Abthugni	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
4 Apr	76.6	Died	Luís Gonzaga Fernandes †	Bishop Emeritus of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
53.1	Appointed	Felix Genn	Bishop of Essen, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
49.4	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Bishop of Sale, Australia
49.4	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Bishop of Sale, Australia
52.4	Appointed	Antal Spányi	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary
76.2	Retired	Jusztin Nándor Takács, O.C.D.	Bishop of Székesfehérvár (Albareale), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	68.2	Installed	Antonio Ciliberti	Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Raymond John Lahey	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
44.8	Appointed	Hilário da Cruz Massinga, O.F.M.	Bishop of Lichinga, Mozambique	Bishop of Quelimane, Mozambique
49.3	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop
6 Apr	91.1	Died	Gerald Emmett Carter †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
50.7	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Paul André Denis Marcel James	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France	Bishop of Nantes, France
70.7	Died	Emmanuel Mani Giles Pothanamuzhy, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Mananthavady (Syro-Malabarese), India
56.4	Installed	Atilano Rodríguez Martínez	Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain	Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara, Spain
7 Apr	39.3	Appointed	Vitaliy Skomarovskyi	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
39.3	Appointed	Vitaliy Skomarovskyi	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
8 Apr	70.8	Died	Patrick Fani Chakaipa †	Archbishop of Harare, Zimbabwe
38.3	Appointed	Wojciech Polak	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
38.3	Appointed	Wojciech Polak	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland
55.3	Appointed	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Johannesburg, South Africa	Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
76.5	Retired	Szczepan Wesoly	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
9 Apr	67.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
67.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
73.8	Resigned	Osório Bebber, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	Juliusz Janusz	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
65.0	Succeeded	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	44.8	Appointed	Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, Chile
11 Apr	61.1	Appointed	Antonio Marino	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
61.1	Appointed	Antonio Marino	Titular Bishop of Basti	Bishop of Mar del Plata, Argentina
80.8	Died	Joannes Gerardus ter Schure, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of ’s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc), Netherlands
12 Apr	67.6	Appointed	Santos Abril y Castelló	Apostolic Nuncio to Macedonia	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore {Saint Mary Major Basilica}
39.9	Appointed	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
39.9	Appointed	Oscar Domingo Sarlinga	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina
14 Apr	45.7	Appointed	Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi	Bishop of Sunyani, Ghana
15 Apr	43.8	Appointed	Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Nevers, France
43.8	Appointed	Thierry Marie Jacques Brac de la Perrière	Titular Bishop of Zallata	Bishop of Nevers, France
46.1	Appointed	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon (-Vienne), France	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
46.1	Appointed	Hervé Jean Robert Giraud	Titular Bishop of Silli	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
55.2	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Williams	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
55.2	Appointed	Thomas Anthony Williams	Titular Bishop of Mageó	Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool, England, Great Britain
16 Apr	59.0	Succeeded	Arturo Mandin Bastes, S.V.D.	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
76.3	Retired	Diego Natale Bona	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Guerrini	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
51.0	Appointed	Peter Martin Musikuwa	Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi
44.3	Appointed	Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr., C.I.C.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines
44.3	Appointed	Prudencio Padilla Andaya, Jr., C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Vicar Apostolic of Tabuk, Philippines
80.6	Died	John Richard Sheets, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
56.0	Appointed	Pawel Stobrawa	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
56.0	Appointed	Pawel Stobrawa	Titular Bishop of Aeca	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
75.3	Retired	Jesus Y. Varela	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	50.4	Appointed	Cyryl Klimowicz	Bishop of San Giuseppe a Irkutsk, Russian Federation
49.7	Appointed	Jerzy Mazur, S.V.D.	Bishop of Ełk, Poland
49.3	Installed	Pedro Sbalchiero Neto, M.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop
19 Apr	88.3	Died	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
90.5	Died	Aurelio Sabattani †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
20 Apr	81.5	Died	Henri Lemaître †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Netherlands
21 Apr	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Werner Guballa †	Titular Bishop of Catrum	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Ulrich Neymeyr	Titular Bishop of Maraguia	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
22 Apr	74.9	Retired	Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M.	Bishop of Huacho, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Ordained Bishop	Roger Paul Morin	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
23 Apr	80.0	Retired	Ivan Ljavinec †	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
24 Apr	75.5	Died	Renato Hasche Sánchez, S.J. †	Bishop of Arica, Chile
55.2	Appointed	Ladislav Hučko	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
55.2	Appointed	Ladislav Hučko	Titular Bishop of Horaea	Apostolic Exarch of Czech Republic (Ruthenian)
25 Apr	89.5	Died	Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales †	Bishop Emeritus of Portoviejo (Porto Vecchio), Ecuador
44.0	Appointed	Cristián Contreras Villarroel	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
44.0	Appointed	Cristián Contreras Villarroel	Titular Bishop of Illiberi	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
86.0	Died	Jacob Bastiampillai Deogupillai †	Bishop Emeritus of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
74.8	Retired	Jorge García Isaza, C.M.	Vicar Apostolic of Tierradentro, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
81.4	Died	Otmar Mäder †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
62.3	Appointed	Dominic Mai Luong	Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA
62.3	Appointed	Dominic Mai Luong	Titular Bishop of Cebarades	Auxiliary Bishop of Orange in California, USA
88.5	Died	André Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
52.0	Appointed	Ricardo Antonio Tobón Restrepo	Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
26 Apr	60.7	Appointed	Adriano Bernardini	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina	Apostolic Nuncio to Italy
57.4	Ordained Bishop	Wieslaw Alojzy Mering	Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze), Poland
59.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz	Bishop of Arauca, Colombia	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia
50.6	Appointed	Joseph Ngô Quang Kiêt	Apostolic Administrator of Hà Nôi, Viet Nam	Archbishop Emeritus
103.3	Died	José Calasanz Rosenhammer, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Chiquitos, Bolivia
55.0	Ordained Bishop	Georges M. Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M.	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de los Mártires del Libano en México (Maronite)
46.7	Ordained Bishop	José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap.	Coadjutor Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil	Bishop
27 Apr	64.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Louis Jean Boishu	Titular Bishop of Gauriana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
28 Apr	54.2	Installed	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
29 Apr	77.2	Retired	Estanislao Esteban Karlic	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
68.4	Appointed	Mario Luis Bautista Maulión	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
30 Apr	64.2	Appointed	George William Coleman	Bishop of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
50.9	Appointed	Enrique Díaz Díaz	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
50.9	Appointed	Enrique Díaz Díaz	Titular Bishop of Izirzada	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
44.3	Appointed	Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
76.9	Retired	Hildebrando Mendes Costa	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Jenő Schönberger	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania