The Year of Our Lord 1960

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Apr 52.3 Appointed John Lancelot Swain, S.J. † Vicar General of Society of Jesus Vicar General Emeritus

1 Apr 46.8 Ordained Bishop Henri Marie Charles Gufflet † Titular Bishop of Calama Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France

2 Apr 23.3 Ordained Priest Ennio Antonelli Priest of Todi, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

28.8 Ordained Priest Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia

25.7 Ordained Priest Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic

27.1 Ordained Priest Salvador Martínez Pérez † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México

25.2 Ordained Priest Angelo Mottola † Priest of Aversa, Italy Apostolic Nuncio

27.4 Ordained Priest Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao Priest of Legazpi, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

3 Apr 48.8 Installed Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas † Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba Bishop Emeritus

Born Dominikus Saku Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia

4 Apr 56.5 Appointed Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA Bishop Emeritus

48.2 Appointed Stephen McGill, P.S.S. † Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

5 Apr 49.5 Installed Marion Francis Forst † Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA

41.1 Appointed Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Miri, Malaysia Bishop of Miri, Malaysia

41.1 Appointed Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Lete Bishop of Miri, Malaysia

44.9 Appointed François Xavier Rajaonarivo † Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

46.7 Appointed Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala † Cardinal, Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar

43.7 Appointed Bernard Yago † Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Born Wojciech Załuski Apostolic Nuncio to Malta

42.5 Appointed Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. † Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

6 Apr Born Louis Nguyên Anh Tuan Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam

44.5 Selected Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. † Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada Abbot Emeritus

7 Apr Born Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines

47.3 Appointed André Louis Marie Pailler † Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France Archbishop Emeritus

47.3 Appointed André Louis Marie Pailler † Titular Bishop of Adada Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

9 Apr 42.8 Appointed José María Cirarda Lachiondo † Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

42.8 Appointed José María Cirarda Lachiondo † Titular Bishop of Drusiliana Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain

28.1 Ordained Priest Joseph D’Silva † Priest Bishop of Bellary, India

10 Apr Born Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S. Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India

Born Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

22.6 Ordained Priest Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. † Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil

Born Santo Marcianò Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy

11 Apr 27.5 Ordained Priest René Joseph Rakotondrabé † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar

13 Apr 58.7 Appointed Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. † Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. † Bishop of Multan, Pakistan

16 Apr 52.2 Appointed Paolo Bertoli † Apostolic Nuncio to France Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

29.6 Ordained Priest Gabriel Toubia † Priest Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

17 Apr 17.5 Professed Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC. Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

24.8 Ordained Priest Benito Gennaro Franceschetti † Priest of Brescia, Italy Archbishop of Fermo, Italy

Born Jörg Michael Peters Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany

26.3 Ordained Priest Antônio Celso Queiroz † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

18 Apr 25.9 Ordained Priest Marcel Paul Herriot † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France

19 Apr 56.8 Appointed Bruno M. Pelaia † Coadjutor Bishop of Tricarico, Italy Bishop

56.8 Appointed Bruno M. Pelaia † Titular Bishop of Lamdia Bishop of Tricarico, Italy

Born José Antônio Peruzzo Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Born Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela

20 Apr Born Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist. Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

45.7 Appointed Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

45.7 Appointed Ignacy Ludwik Jeż † Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

38.2 Appointed Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † Coadjutor Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

38.2 Appointed Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez † Titular Bishop of Cerasus Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

21 Apr 48.1 Ordained Bishop George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. † Titular Bishop of Belabitene Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

74.7 Died Louis Parisot, S.M.A. † Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

22 Apr Born Marco Tin Win Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

23 Apr 55.8 Appointed Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

39.4 Appointed Walmor Battú Wichrowski † Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

52.3 Appointed Carlos Gouvêa Coelho † Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

42.7 Appointed Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. † Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28.0 Ordained Priest George Mamalassery † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Tura, India

50.0 Ordained Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang † Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam

24 Apr 36.6 Ordained Bishop Moisés Julio Blanchoud † Titular Bishop of Belali Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina

26.3 Ordained Priest Luca Brandolini, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy

41.4 Ordained Bishop Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. † Titular Bishop of Cremna Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil

43.3 Ordained Bishop Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Acmonia Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

25 Apr 84.1 Died Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

48.2 Succeeded Oscar de Oliveira † Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

59.7 Ordained Bishop Alberto Scola † Bishop of Norcia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

26 Apr Ordained Bishop [ Fang Zhigang] † Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China Bishop Emeritus

20.9 Professed Mathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B. † Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Diphu, India

Ordained Bishop [ Shu Qi-shui (Chou Ki wei)] † Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China

68.3 Ordained Bishop [Matthias Wu Guo-huan] † Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China Bishop Emeritus

69.3 Ordained Bishop [Louis Zhang Jia-shu (Chang Kia Shu)], S.J. † Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

27 Apr 45.1 Ordained Bishop Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Bennefa Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea

Born Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E. Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa

82.4 Died Antonio Giordani † Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia

48.3 Installed Thomas Joseph McDonough † Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Born Sithembele Sipuka Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa

28 Apr 45.3 Ordained Bishop Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Moundou, Chad Bishop Emeritus

29 Apr 25.3 Ordained Priest Giovanni Lajolo Priest of Novara, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

30 Apr Born Thomas Anthony Daly Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA

55.8 Appointed James Peter Davis † Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

50.6 Appointed Anastasio Granados García † Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain Bishop of Palencia, Spain

50.6 Appointed Anastasio Granados García † Titular Bishop of Cidramus Bishop of Palencia, Spain

53.6 Died Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae † Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)

49.7 Appointed José Vicente Távora † Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil

48.4 Installed Adolfo Servando Tortolo † Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina

Ordained Bishop [ Zhang Ri-jin] † Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	52.3	Appointed	John Lancelot Swain, S.J. †	Vicar General of Society of Jesus	Vicar General Emeritus
1 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Henri Marie Charles Gufflet †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Bishop Emeritus of Limoges, France
2 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ennio Antonelli	Priest of Todi, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
28.8	Ordained Priest	Lorenzo Ceresoli, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Awasa, Ethiopia
25.7	Ordained Priest	Sergio Adolfo Govi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Bossangoa, Central African Republic
27.1	Ordained Priest	Salvador Martínez Pérez †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México
25.2	Ordained Priest	Angelo Mottola †	Priest of Aversa, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
27.4	Ordained Priest	Lucilo Barrameda Quiambao	Priest of Legazpi, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
3 Apr	48.8	Installed	Manuel Pedro (Antonio) Rodríguez Rozas †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Dominikus Saku		Bishop of Atambua, Indonesia
4 Apr	56.5	Appointed	Richard Henry Ackerman, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, USA	Bishop Emeritus
48.2	Appointed	Stephen McGill, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Argyll and The Isles, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
5 Apr	49.5	Installed	Marion Francis Forst †	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City in Kansas, USA
41.1	Appointed	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Miri, Malaysia	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
41.1	Appointed	Anthony Denis Galvin, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop of Miri, Malaysia
44.9	Appointed	François Xavier Rajaonarivo †	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar
46.7	Appointed	Jérôme Louis Rakotomalala †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar
43.7	Appointed	Bernard Yago †	Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Wojciech Załuski		Apostolic Nuncio to Malta
42.5	Appointed	Paul Zoungrana, M. Afr. †	Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
6 Apr		Born	Louis Nguyên Anh Tuan		Bishop of Hà Tĩnh, Viet Nam
44.5	Selected	Jerome Ferdinand Weber, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Saint Peter-Muenster, Saskatchewan, Canada	Abbot Emeritus
7 Apr		Born	Jose Elmer Imas Mangalinao		Bishop of Bayombong, Philippines
47.3	Appointed	André Louis Marie Pailler †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rouen, France	Archbishop Emeritus
47.3	Appointed	André Louis Marie Pailler †	Titular Bishop of Adada	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
9 Apr	42.8	Appointed	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
42.8	Appointed	José María Cirarda Lachiondo †	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain
28.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph D’Silva †	Priest	Bishop of Bellary, India
10 Apr		Born	Joseph Arumachadath, M.C.B.S.		Bishop of Bhadravathi (Syro-Malabar), India
	Born	Christopher John Glancy, C.S.V.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
22.6	Ordained Priest	Ramón López Carrozas, O. de M. †	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui, Brazil
	Born	Santo Marcianò		Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy
11 Apr	27.5	Ordained Priest	René Joseph Rakotondrabé †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
13 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Francesco Benedetto Cialeo, O.P. †	Bishop of Lyallpur, Pakistan	Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Aloysius Louis Scheerer, O.P. †	Bishop of Multan, Pakistan
16 Apr	52.2	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to France	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
29.6	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Toubia †	Priest	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
17 Apr	17.5	Professed	Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar, SS.CC.	Member of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
24.8	Ordained Priest	Benito Gennaro Franceschetti †	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Archbishop of Fermo, Italy
	Born	Jörg Michael Peters		Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany
26.3	Ordained Priest	Antônio Celso Queiroz †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
18 Apr	25.9	Ordained Priest	Marcel Paul Herriot †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France
19 Apr	56.8	Appointed	Bruno M. Pelaia †	Coadjutor Bishop of Tricarico, Italy	Bishop
56.8	Appointed	Bruno M. Pelaia †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
	Born	José Antônio Peruzzo		Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
	Born	Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M. Cap.		Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita, Venezuela
20 Apr		Born	Edmilson Amador Caetano, O. Cist.		Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
45.7	Appointed	Ignacy Ludwik Jeż †	Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
45.7	Appointed	Ignacy Ludwik Jeż †	Titular Bishop of Alba Maritima	Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
38.2	Appointed	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
38.2	Appointed	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez †	Titular Bishop of Cerasus	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
21 Apr	48.1	Ordained Bishop	George Elmer Bernarding, S.V.D. †	Titular Bishop of Belabitene	Archbishop Emeritus of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
74.7	Died	Louis Parisot, S.M.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
22 Apr		Born	Marco Tin Win		Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
23 Apr	55.8	Appointed	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
39.4	Appointed	Walmor Battú Wichrowski †	Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
52.3	Appointed	Carlos Gouvêa Coelho †	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
42.7	Appointed	Clemente José Carlos Isnard, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28.0	Ordained Priest	George Mamalassery †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tura, India
50.0	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Nguyễn Huy Quang †	Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
24 Apr	36.6	Ordained Bishop	Moisés Julio Blanchoud †	Titular Bishop of Belali	Archbishop Emeritus of Salta, Argentina
26.3	Ordained Priest	Luca Brandolini, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
41.4	Ordained Bishop	Belchior Joaquim da Silva Neto, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cremna	Bishop Emeritus of Luz, Minas Gerais, Brazil
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Ramanantoanina, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
25 Apr	84.1	Died	Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
48.2	Succeeded	Oscar de Oliveira †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Alberto Scola †	Bishop of Norcia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr		Ordained Bishop	[ Fang Zhigang] †	Bishop of Yongjia/Wenzhou [Yungkia, Wenchow], China	Bishop Emeritus
20.9	Professed	Mathai Kochuparampil, S.D.B. †	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Diphu, India
	Ordained Bishop	[ Shu Qi-shui (Chou Ki wei)] †	Bishop of Ningbo [Ningpo], China
68.3	Ordained Bishop	[Matthias Wu Guo-huan] †	Bishop of Hangzhou [Hangchow], China	Bishop Emeritus
69.3	Ordained Bishop	[Louis Zhang Jia-shu (Chang Kia Shu)], S.J. †	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
27 Apr	45.1	Ordained Bishop	Virgil Patrick Copas, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Bennefa	Bishop Emeritus of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
	Born	Stanisław Jan Dziuba, O.S.P.P.E.		Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa
82.4	Died	Antonio Giordani †	Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia
48.3	Installed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
	Born	Sithembele Sipuka		Archbishop of Cape Town {Kaapstad}, South Africa
28 Apr	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Samuel-Louis-Marie-Antoine Gaumain, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Moundou, Chad	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	25.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Lajolo	Priest of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
30 Apr		Born	Thomas Anthony Daly		Bishop of Spokane, Washington, USA
55.8	Appointed	James Peter Davis †	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
50.6	Appointed	Anastasio Granados García †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
50.6	Appointed	Anastasio Granados García †	Titular Bishop of Cidramus	Bishop of Palencia, Spain
53.6	Died	Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae †	Vicar Apostolic of Chonju, Korea (South)
49.7	Appointed	José Vicente Távora †	Archbishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil
48.4	Installed	Adolfo Servando Tortolo †	Bishop of Catamarca, Argentina	Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina
	Ordained Bishop	[ Zhang Ri-jin] †	Bishop of Yantai [Yentai], China

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