28th day of April

Living Bishop Events

St. Peter Chanel, priest and martyr (Opt. Memorial)
St. Louis Mary de Montfort, priest (Opt. Memorial)

See Also: Diocese Events

Year	Age	Bishop	Event	Title	Current Title
1925		James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C.	Born	Whycocomagh	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
1940		Massoud Massoud	Born	Kafroum	Bishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Maronite), Syria
1940		Antoine Ntalou	Born	Bandounga	Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon
1942		André Rivest	Born	Repentigny	Bishop of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
1943		Arochiasamy Jude Gerald Paulraj	Born	Pazhayakovil	Bishop of Palayamkottai, India
1946		Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M.	Born	Tepalcatepec	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
1949		Luis Artemio Flores Calzada	Born	San Antonio Tultitlán	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
1950		Fidencio López Plaza	Born	Capullín	Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México
1954		Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Born	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
1957	23.8	José Cardoso Sobrinho, O. Carm.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
	25.8	Andrea Gemma, F.D.P.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sons of Divine Providence	Bishop Emeritus of Isernia-Venafro, Italy
	24.1	Henryk Józef Muszyński	Ordained Priest	Priest of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Gniezno, Poland
1958		Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Born	Masaya	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
1959		Richard William Smith	Born	Halifax	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1962	31.5	Mathew Cheriankunnel, P.I.M.E.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions	Bishop Emeritus of Kurnool, India
1965	29.6	Mauro Morelli	Ordained Priest	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1966		Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M.	Born	Mbongolwane	Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
1973	29.0	Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Mary	Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
1973	26.2	Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
1974	39.6	Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M.	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
1975	42.0	George Francis Daniel	Appointed	Archbishop of Pretoria, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus
1976	43.8	Elden Francis Curtiss	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1976	54.5	Girolamo Prigione	Appointed	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
1977	32.1	Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I.	Professed (Perpetual Vows)	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Kotido, Uganda
	47.4	Tadeusz Rybak	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
	47.4	Tadeusz Rybak	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Benepota	Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
1979	25.5	Oscar Azarcon Solis	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cabanatuan, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
1984	62.0	Anton Bogetic	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Poreč i Pula, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	49.3	Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J.	Appointed	Bishop of Indonesia, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia
	47.6	Herbert Nikolaus Lenhof, S.A.C.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Queenstown, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
1985	41.6	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I.	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
1988	54.2	Felipe Aguirre Franco	Appointed	Bishop of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Acapulco, Guerrero, México
	59.2	Manuel Mireles Vaquera	Appointed	Coadjutor Prelate of El Salto, Durango, México	Prelate Emeritus
	47.4	Andrea Mugione	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, Italy	Archbishop of Benevento, Italy
	59.1	Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz, SS.CC.	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
1990	64.6	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Appointed	Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
1990	60.1	Adam Joseph Maida	Appointed	Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
1991	34.7	José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap.	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Carolina, Maranho, Brazil
1992	64.9	Waclaw Swierzawski	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland	Bishop Emeritus
1996	70.1	Luigi de Magistris	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Nova	Cardinal, Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
2001	50.3	Solomon Amanchukwu Amatu	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Sabrata	Bishop of Okigwe, Nigeria
2001	61.5	Juan Piris Frígola	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Menorca, Spain	Bishop of Lleida, Spain
2002	57.0	Julián López Martín	Installed	Bishop of León, Spain
2003	54.1	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Installed	Archbishop of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
2007	54.6	Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tetci	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
	65.6	Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México
	58.9	Luis Armando Tineo Rivera	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Bishop of Carora, Venezuela
2008	62.2	Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E.	Appointed	Superior General of Société des Missions-Étrangères	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras
2010	46.2	Launay Saturné	Appointed	Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti
2011	54.6	Augustine Obiora Akubeze	Installed	Archbishop of Benin City, Nigeria
2011	49.5	Virgilio do Nascimento Antunes	Appointed	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
2012	62.4	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
	49.8	Tadeusz Lityński	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
	49.8	Tadeusz Lityński	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
	56.3	Martin Munyanyi	Resigned	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
	50.1	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Installed	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia
2013	52.9	José Mário Scalon Angonese	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
	64.9	Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo
	70.5	Rubén Salazar Gómez	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
2014	75.0	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.	Retired	Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus