The Year of Our Lord 1976

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 45.7 Appointed Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

52.1 Appointed Michael Murphy † Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland Bishop

52.1 Appointed Michael Murphy † Titular Bishop of Sila Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

2 Apr 52.9 Appointed Bruno Foresti † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

88.4 Died Carlo Grano † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

56.0 Appointed Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed László Tóth † Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed László Tóth † Titular Bishop of Baia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

3 Apr 26.6 Ordained Priest Markus Büchel Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Died João Antonio da Silva Saraiva † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

26.4 Ordained Priest Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez Priest of Los Teques, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

24.8 Ordained Priest Vittorio Lanzani Priest of Pavia, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

49.2 Ceased Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † Apostolic Administrator of Calama, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

38.0 Ordained Bishop Paul Zingtung Grawng † Titular Bishop of Rusguniae Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar

4 Apr 43.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Costanzo † Titular Bishop of Mazaca Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

43.9 Ordained Bishop António dos Santos † Titular Bishop of Tabbora Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal

6 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Romulo Geolina Valles Priest of Tagum, Philippines Archbishop of Davao, Philippines

7 Apr 71.6 Died Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. † Bishop of Meru, Kenya

9 Apr 27.4 Ordained Priest Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

42.2 Installed John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. † Prefect of Lashio, Myanmar Prefect Emeritus

10 Apr 89.1 Died Ilario Alcini † Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

47.1 Appointed Nestor Assogba † Bishop of Parakou, Benin Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

52.6 Appointed Leo Morris Clarke † Bishop of Maitland, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

65.9 Resigned Antoon Konings, S.M.A. † Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro † Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

35.0 Appointed Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

35.0 Appointed Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. Titular Bishop of Marazanae Regiae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

38.3 Appointed Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana

42.9 Appointed Petero Mataca † Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

40.1 Appointed Vincent Nsengiyumva † Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda

57.1 Resigned Bernard Oguki-Atakpah † Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Resigned George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. † Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed André Perraudin, M. Afr. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

56.1 Appointed Simon Ignatius Pimenta † Archbishop of Bombay, India Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. † Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

63.1 Appointed Marcello Rosina † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy

12 Apr 49.5 Appointed Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

49.5 Appointed Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon † Titular Bishop of Taparura Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

13 Apr 55.5 Resigned Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. † Bishop of Luso, Angola Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Resigned Américo Henriques † Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Appointed Joseph Francis Maguire † Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

14 Apr 24.0 Ordained Priest Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr. Priest of Capiz, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

23.6 Ordained Priest Antonio Di Donna Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Bishop of Acerra, Italy

47.4 Appointed Joseph Phan Thế Hinh † Coadjutor Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop

47.4 Appointed Joseph Phan Thế Hinh † Titular Bishop of Mades Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam

15 Apr 24.3 Ordained Priest Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

25.0 Ordained Priest Piotr Libera Priest of Katowice, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland

Born Renato Tarantelli Baccari Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

19 Apr 68.0 Died Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India

20 Apr 82.0 Died Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

82.0 Resigned Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

60.8 Appointed Michael Joseph Murphy † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

60.8 Appointed Michael Joseph Murphy † Titular Bishop of Arindela Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

72.8 Died Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

21 Apr 48.9 Appointed Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. † Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

71.3 Resigned Natale Mosconi † Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

22 Apr 77.1 Retired Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

77.1 Retired Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

24 Apr 25.0 Ordained Priest Guillermo Dela Vega Afable Priest of Davao, Philippines Bishop of Digos, Philippines

60.4 Appointed Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. † Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Equizetum Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

26.1 Ordained Priest Domenico Cornacchia Priest of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

26.2 Ordained Priest Patrick James Dunn Priest of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. † Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr 53.8 Ordained Bishop Dante Carlos Sandrelli † Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina

64.3 Installed Herman To Paivu † Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

26 Apr 56.7 Appointed Alan Charles Clark † Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 27.4 Ordained Deacon Clyde Martin Harvey Deacon of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles

28 Apr 43.8 Ordained Bishop Elden Francis Curtiss Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

54.5 Appointed Girolamo Prigione † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria Apostolic Nuncio

29 Apr 56.3 Appointed Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

25.0 Ordained Deacon Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Deacon of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA

49.2 Appointed Francis Thomas Hurley † Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Emílio Pignoli Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

30 Apr 42.5 Ordained Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas † Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

Born Gjergj Meta Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania

48.1 Resigned Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

38.5 Succeeded Joseph Chhmar Salas † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	45.7	Appointed	Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
52.1	Appointed	Michael Murphy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop
52.1	Appointed	Michael Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
2 Apr	52.9	Appointed	Bruno Foresti †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
88.4	Died	Carlo Grano †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
56.0	Appointed	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	László Tóth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	László Tóth †	Titular Bishop of Baia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
3 Apr	26.6	Ordained Priest	Markus Büchel	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Died	João Antonio da Silva Saraiva †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
26.4	Ordained Priest	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez	Priest of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
24.8	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Lanzani	Priest of Pavia, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
49.2	Ceased	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Calama, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
38.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Zingtung Grawng †	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
4 Apr	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Costanzo †	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
43.9	Ordained Bishop	António dos Santos †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
6 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Romulo Geolina Valles	Priest of Tagum, Philippines	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines
7 Apr	71.6	Died	Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
9 Apr	27.4	Ordained Priest	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
42.2	Installed	John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Lashio, Myanmar	Prefect Emeritus
10 Apr	89.1	Died	Ilario Alcini †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
47.1	Appointed	Nestor Assogba †	Bishop of Parakou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
52.6	Appointed	Leo Morris Clarke †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
65.9	Resigned	Antoon Konings, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro †	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
35.0	Appointed	Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
35.0	Appointed	Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Marazanae Regiae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
38.3	Appointed	Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu	Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana
42.9	Appointed	Petero Mataca †	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
40.1	Appointed	Vincent Nsengiyumva †	Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
57.1	Resigned	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Resigned	George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	André Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Simon Ignatius Pimenta †	Archbishop of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. †	Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
63.1	Appointed	Marcello Rosina †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
12 Apr	49.5	Appointed	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
49.5	Appointed	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †	Titular Bishop of Taparura	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
13 Apr	55.5	Resigned	Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Luso, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Resigned	Américo Henriques †	Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Appointed	Joseph Francis Maguire †	Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr.	Priest of Capiz, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
23.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Di Donna	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
47.4	Appointed	Joseph Phan Thế Hinh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop
47.4	Appointed	Joseph Phan Thế Hinh †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
15 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
25.0	Ordained Priest	Piotr Libera	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
	Born	Renato Tarantelli Baccari		Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Apr	68.0	Died	Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
20 Apr	82.0	Died	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
82.0	Resigned	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.8	Appointed	Michael Joseph Murphy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
60.8	Appointed	Michael Joseph Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
72.8	Died	Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
21 Apr	48.9	Appointed	Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
71.3	Resigned	Natale Mosconi †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Apr	77.1	Retired	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
77.1	Retired	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
24 Apr	25.0	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Dela Vega Afable	Priest of Davao, Philippines	Bishop of Digos, Philippines
60.4	Appointed	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Equizetum	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
26.1	Ordained Priest	Domenico Cornacchia	Priest of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
26.2	Ordained Priest	Patrick James Dunn	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Dante Carlos Sandrelli †	Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia	Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
64.3	Installed	Herman To Paivu †	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
26 Apr	56.7	Appointed	Alan Charles Clark †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	27.4	Ordained Deacon	Clyde Martin Harvey	Deacon of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
28 Apr	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Elden Francis Curtiss	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
54.5	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Apr	56.3	Appointed	Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25.0	Ordained Deacon	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.	Deacon of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
49.2	Appointed	Francis Thomas Hurley †	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Emílio Pignoli	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Apr	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas †	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Gjergj Meta		Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania
48.1	Resigned	Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
38.5	Succeeded	Joseph Chhmar Salas †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

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