The Year of Our Lord 1991

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 80.6 Retired Francesco Maria Franzi † Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

2 Mar 78.8 Ordained Bishop Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. † Titular Bishop of Dura Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine

24.3 Perpetual Vows Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap. Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina

72.1 Ordained Bishop Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. † Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

26.7 Ordained Priest János Székely Priest of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary

43.8 Ordained Bishop Markijan Trofym’yak Titular Bishop of Auzia Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine

3 Mar 55.0 Installed Renato Corti † Bishop of Novara, Italy Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

4 Mar 65.4 Installed Joseph Habib Hitti Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia Bishop Emeritus

56.2 Ordained Bishop Jan Purwinski † Bishop of Zytomir, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

67.2 Appointed Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. † Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

6 Mar 51.8 Appointed José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

75.7 Retired Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. † Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R. Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

7 Mar 50.8 Ordained Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

78.3 Died Raymond Joseph Gallagher † Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA

8 Mar 59.8 Retired José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México Bishop Emeritus

9 Mar 61.0 Resigned Albert Edward Baharagate Bishop of Hoima, Uganda Bishop Emeritus

49.4 Succeeded Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire † Bishop of Hoima, Uganda

65.1 Selected John Huo Cheng Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China

61.1 Installed Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar 57.3 Installed Julián García Centeno, O.S.A. Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

27.1 Ordained Priest Launay Saturné Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

12 Mar 48.0 Appointed Cristián Caro Cordero Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

48.0 Appointed Cristián Caro Cordero Titular Bishop of Arcavica Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

13 Mar 59.1 Appointed Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

79.2 Died Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Bishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy Archbishop Emeritus

73.9 Appointed Augustin Zheng Shouduo † Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

15 Mar 54.5 Ordained Bishop Dadeus Grings Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

16 Mar 76.8 Died Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu † Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

83.3 Died James Darcy Freeman † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

17 Mar 23.9 Ordained Priest Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R. Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

54.5 Appointed Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S. Superior of Bomadi, Nigeria Superior Emeritus

27.5 Ordained Priest Paul Lontsié-Keuné Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon

53.4 Installed Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L. Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 50.5 Appointed Lajos Pápai Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

71.0 Resigned Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B. Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary Abbot Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Patrick Joseph Walsh Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 66.5 Ordained Bishop Herberto Celso Angelo † Titular Bishop of Coeliana Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina

32.0 Ordained Priest Charles Jason Gordon Priest of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Archbishop

25.4 Ordained Priest Peter Li Huiyuan Priest Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China

27.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Li Lian Gui Priest Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China

32.7 Ordained Priest Paul Su Yongda Priest Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China

20 Mar 61.1 Appointed Bruno Tommasi † Archbishop of Lucca, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

22 Mar 47.3 Appointed John Francis Brown, S.M.A. Superior of Kano, Nigeria Superior Emeritus

27.1 Ordained Priest Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon Priest of Kumbo, Cameroon Bishop of Kumba, Cameroon

23 Mar 26.2 Ordained Priest Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M. Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop of Portugal, Military

25 Mar 49.7 Appointed Gerard Clifford † Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Gerard Clifford † Titular Bishop of Hieron Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

63.5 Appointed Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Succeeded François Charles Garnier † Bishop of Luçon, France Archbishop of Cambrai, France

85.3 Died Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

75.1 Retired Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † Bishop of Luçon, France Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar 47.5 Appointed Bernardino Marchió Coadjutor Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil

91.7 Retired František Tomášek † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

58.8 Appointed Miloslav Vlk † Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

31 Mar 30.8 Professed Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

1 Apr 82.7 Died Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra † Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia

2 Apr 76.4 Retired Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. † Bishop of León en Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed César Bosco Vivas Robelo † Bishop of León en Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

4 Apr 49.8 Appointed Pablo Lizama Riquelme Bishop of Melipilla, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile

32.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước Priest of Phú Cường, Viet Nam Bishop

32.8 Incardinated Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto Priest of Melipilla, Chile Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

5 Apr 26.5 Ordained Priest Luiz Carlos Dias Priest of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil

6 Apr 34.0 Ordained Priest Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib Priest of Santiago de Chile Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

62.3 Appointed Franco Festorazzi † Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

67.4 Resigned Michel Joseph Kuehn † Bishop of Chartres, France Bishop Emeritus

60.6 Ordained Bishop Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Ath Truim Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa

54.3 Succeeded Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier Bishop of Chartres, France Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

25.9 Ordained Priest Edilson Soares Nobre Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil

57.0 Resigned Dionigi Tettamanzi † Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy

27.2 Ordained Priest Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende Priest of Groningen, Netherlands Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands

7 Apr 59.5 Ordained Bishop Hubert Constant, O.M.I. † Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti

26.6 Ordained Priest Ignatius D’Souza Priest of Lucknow, India Bishop of Bareilly, India

27.2 Ordained Priest Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali Priest of El Obeid, Sudan Bishop

8 Apr 79.4 Died [Joseph Huang Zi-yu] † Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China

72.2 Installed Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. † Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

11 Apr 52.0 Appointed Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military

46.5 Appointed Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France

51.9 Appointed Juraj Jezerinac Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military

51.9 Appointed Juraj Jezerinac Titular Bishop of Strumnitza Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military

70.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu † Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam

12 Apr 62.1 Appointed Luigi Conti † Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

53.0 Resigned Manuel Monteiro de Castro Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

13 Apr 45.2 Ordained Bishop Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda Bishop of Dapaong, Togo Bishop Emeritus

65.6 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Titular Archbishop of Tuscania Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

31.2 Incardinated Antoni Dziemianko Priest of Grodno, Belarus Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus

41.5 Appointed Aleksander Kaszkiewicz Bishop of Grodno, Belarus

45.2 Appointed Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz Apostolic Administrator of European Russia {Russia Europea} Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

41.0 Appointed Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

41.0 Appointed Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C. Titular Bishop of Arba Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

58.6 Appointed Pier Luigi Mazzoni † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

76.0 Retired Marcello Morgante † Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

76.4 Appointed Kazimierz Świątek † Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

76.4 Appointed Kazimierz Świątek † Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk, Belarus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

26.7 Ordained Deacon Brian Udaigwe Deacon of Orlu, Nigeria Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

38.5 Appointed Joseph Werth, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Siberia, Russian Federation Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

38.5 Appointed Joseph Werth, S.J. Titular Bishop of Bulna Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

14 Apr 48.1 Ordained Bishop Cristián Caro Cordero Titular Bishop of Arcavica Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

49.9 Ordained Bishop Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France

50.9 Ordained Bishop André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium

55.1 Installed Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. † Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

15 Apr 64.8 Appointed Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

64.8 Appointed Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Canapium Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles

56.7 Appointed Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

56.7 Appointed Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R. Titular Bishop of Budua Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia

53.1 Appointed Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M. Coadjutor Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.4 Appointed Peter Takeo Okada † Bishop of Urawa, Japan Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

67.7 Resigned Josef Plöger † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

16 Apr 75.2 Retired Leo Joseph Brust † Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 27.5 Ordained Priest [Simon Li Zhigang] † Priest Bishop-Elect of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

18 Apr 91.5 Died Thomas Arthur Connolly † Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA

20 Apr 55.7 Appointed Fortunato Baldelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

55.7 Appointed Fortunato Baldelli † Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

56.6 Ordained Bishop Domenico Crusco † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

76.4 Died Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda

65.1 Ordained Bishop Mario Rizzi † Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria

29.6 Ordained Priest Stefano Russo Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy

21 Apr 27.2 Ordained Priest Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla Priest of Torit, South Sudan Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan

49.8 Ordained Bishop Gerard Clifford † Titular Bishop of Hieron Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland

59.2 Ordained Bishop Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

93.3 Died Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia

22 Apr 83.2 Died Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. † Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

23 Apr 59.4 Appointed Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. † Bishop of San Justo, Argentina

24 Apr 40.9 Appointed Alberto Taveira Corrêa Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

40.9 Appointed Alberto Taveira Corrêa Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil

78.1 Died Matija Matiša Zvekanović † Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia

25 Apr 52.3 Ordained Bishop Terence John Brain Titular Bishop of Amudarsa Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain

26 Apr 86.8 Died [Antônio de Castro Mayer] † Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

76.1 Retired Henry Joseph Kennedy † Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop Emeritus

57.4 Appointed Kevin Michael Manning Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia

66.0 Died Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda † Bishop of Monterey in California, USA

27 Apr 59.0 Ordained Bishop Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R. Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military

50.6 Ordained Bishop Lajos Pápai Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

31.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho

79.8 Died Pasquale Venezia † Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy

28 Apr 56.6 Installed Domenico Crusco † Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy

34.7 Ordained Priest José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil

29 Apr 29.7 Ordained Priest Niranjan Sual Singh Priest of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India Bishop of Sambalpur, India

30 Apr 40.6 Appointed Emilio Aranguren Echeverria Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba Bishop of Holguín, Cuba

40.6 Appointed Emilio Aranguren Echeverria Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari Bishop of Holguín, Cuba

79.3 Died Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † Bishop Emeritus of Tuléar, Madagascar

52.1 Appointed James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

48.4 Appointed Vincenzo Manzella Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy

42.1 Appointed José Francisco Robles Ortega Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

42.1 Appointed José Francisco Robles Ortega Titular Bishop of Bossa Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

71.7 Appointed Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla † Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

61.9 Appointed Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez † Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	80.6	Retired	Francesco Maria Franzi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Novara, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	78.8	Ordained Bishop	Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine
24.3	Perpetual Vows	Carlos Alberto Novoa de Agustini, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
72.1	Ordained Bishop	Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
26.7	Ordained Priest	János Székely	Priest of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary	Bishop of Szombathely, Hungary
43.8	Ordained Bishop	Markijan Trofym’yak	Titular Bishop of Auzia	Bishop Emeritus of Lutsk, Ukraine
3 Mar	55.0	Installed	Renato Corti †	Bishop of Novara, Italy	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
4 Mar	65.4	Installed	Joseph Habib Hitti	Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Jan Purwinski †	Bishop of Zytomir, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine
67.2	Appointed	Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. †	Bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
6 Mar	51.8	Appointed	José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B.	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
75.7	Retired	Miguel d’Aversa, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	Francisco Javier Hernández Arnedo, O.A.R.	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
78.3	Died	Raymond Joseph Gallagher †	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
8 Mar	59.8	Retired	José de Jesús Aguilera Rodriguez †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	61.0	Resigned	Albert Edward Baharagate	Bishop of Hoima, Uganda	Bishop Emeritus
49.4	Succeeded	Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire †	Bishop of Hoima, Uganda
65.1	Selected	John Huo Cheng	Bishop of Fenyang [Fenyang], China
61.1	Installed	Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	57.3	Installed	Julián García Centeno, O.S.A.	Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27.1	Ordained Priest	Launay Saturné	Priest of Port-au-Prince, Haïti	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
12 Mar	48.0	Appointed	Cristián Caro Cordero	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
48.0	Appointed	Cristián Caro Cordero	Titular Bishop of Arcavica	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
13 Mar	59.1	Appointed	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
79.2	Died	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop Emeritus of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
73.9	Appointed	Augustin Zheng Shouduo †	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
15 Mar	54.5	Ordained Bishop	Dadeus Grings	Bishop of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
16 Mar	76.8	Died	Francis Jules Joseph Marie Barbu †	Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
83.3	Died	James Darcy Freeman †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia
17 Mar	23.9	Ordained Priest	Bohdan Dzyurakh, C.SS.R.	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
54.5	Appointed	Thomas Vincent Greenan, S.P.S.	Superior of Bomadi, Nigeria	Superior Emeritus
27.5	Ordained Priest	Paul Lontsié-Keuné	Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon
53.4	Installed	Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L.	Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	50.5	Appointed	Lajos Pápai	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
71.0	Resigned	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Imre Asztrik Várszegi, O.S.B.	Abbot of Pannonhalma, Hungary	Abbot Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Patrick Joseph Walsh	Bishop of Down and Connor, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Herberto Celso Angelo †	Titular Bishop of Coeliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
32.0	Ordained Priest	Charles Jason Gordon	Priest of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Archbishop
25.4	Ordained Priest	Peter Li Huiyuan	Priest	Bishop of Fengxiang [Fengsiang], China
27.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Li Lian Gui	Priest	Bishop of Xianxian [Sienhsien], China
32.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Su Yongda	Priest	Bishop of Beihai [Pakhoi], China
20 Mar	61.1	Appointed	Bruno Tommasi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Mar	47.3	Appointed	John Francis Brown, S.M.A.	Superior of Kano, Nigeria	Superior Emeritus
27.1	Ordained Priest	Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon	Priest of Kumbo, Cameroon	Bishop of Kumba, Cameroon
23 Mar	26.2	Ordained Priest	Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Portugal, Military
25 Mar	49.7	Appointed	Gerard Clifford †	Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Gerard Clifford †	Titular Bishop of Hieron	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
63.5	Appointed	Lino Esterino Garavaglia, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Succeeded	François Charles Garnier †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
85.3	Died	Marcel-François Lefebvre, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
75.1	Retired	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Bishop of Luçon, France	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	47.5	Appointed	Bernardino Marchió	Coadjutor Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil
91.7	Retired	František Tomášek †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
58.8	Appointed	Miloslav Vlk †	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31 Mar	30.8	Professed	Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
1 Apr	82.7	Died	Jesús Antonio Castro Becerra †	Bishop Emeritus of Palmira, Colombia
2 Apr	76.4	Retired	Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M. †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	César Bosco Vivas Robelo †	Bishop of León en Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
4 Apr	49.8	Appointed	Pablo Lizama Riquelme	Bishop of Melipilla, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Antofagasta, Chile
32.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước	Priest of Phú Cường, Viet Nam	Bishop
32.8	Incardinated	Guillermo Patricio Vera Soto	Priest of Melipilla, Chile	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
5 Apr	26.5	Ordained Priest	Luiz Carlos Dias	Priest of São João da Boa Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil
6 Apr	34.0	Ordained Priest	Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
62.3	Appointed	Franco Festorazzi †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
67.4	Resigned	Michel Joseph Kuehn †	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop Emeritus
60.6	Ordained Bishop	Michael Mary O’Shea, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ath Truim	Vicar Apostolic of Ingwavuma, South Africa
54.3	Succeeded	Jacques Jean Joseph Jules Perrier	Bishop of Chartres, France	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
25.9	Ordained Priest	Edilson Soares Nobre	Priest of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil
57.0	Resigned	Dionigi Tettamanzi †	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
27.2	Ordained Priest	Johannes Harmannes Jozefus van den Hende	Priest of Groningen, Netherlands	Bishop of Rotterdam, Netherlands
7 Apr	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Hubert Constant, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Fort-Liberté, Haïti	Archbishop Emeritus of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
26.6	Ordained Priest	Ignatius D’Souza	Priest of Lucknow, India	Bishop of Bareilly, India
27.2	Ordained Priest	Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali	Priest of El Obeid, Sudan	Bishop
8 Apr	79.4	Died	[Joseph Huang Zi-yu] †	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China
72.2	Installed	Jan Olszanski, M.I.C. †	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
11 Apr	52.0	Appointed	Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda	Bishop of Guaranda, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military
46.5	Appointed	Jean-Paul Maurice Jaeger	Coadjutor Bishop of Nancy (-Toul), France	Bishop Emeritus of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France
51.9	Appointed	Juraj Jezerinac	Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military
51.9	Appointed	Juraj Jezerinac	Titular Bishop of Strumnitza	Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military
70.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nguyễn Phụng Hiểu †	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
12 Apr	62.1	Appointed	Luigi Conti †	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
53.0	Resigned	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
13 Apr	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Tukumbé Nyimbusède Anyilunda	Bishop of Dapaong, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
65.6	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Titular Archbishop of Tuscania	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
31.2	Incardinated	Antoni Dziemianko	Priest of Grodno, Belarus	Bishop of Pinsk, Belarus
41.5	Appointed	Aleksander Kaszkiewicz	Bishop of Grodno, Belarus
45.2	Appointed	Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz	Apostolic Administrator of European Russia {Russia Europea}	Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
41.0	Appointed	Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C.	Apostolic Administrator of Kazakhstan	Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
41.0	Appointed	Jan Paweł Lenga, M.I.C.	Titular Bishop of Arba	Bishop Emeritus of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
58.6	Appointed	Pier Luigi Mazzoni †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
76.0	Retired	Marcello Morgante †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
76.4	Appointed	Kazimierz Świątek †	Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
76.4	Appointed	Kazimierz Świątek †	Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk, Belarus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
26.7	Ordained Deacon	Brian Udaigwe	Deacon of Orlu, Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
38.5	Appointed	Joseph Werth, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Siberia, Russian Federation	Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
38.5	Appointed	Joseph Werth, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Bulna	Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
14 Apr	48.1	Ordained Bishop	Cristián Caro Cordero	Titular Bishop of Arcavica	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Gérard Antoine Léopold Daucourt	Coadjutor Bishop of Troyes, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nanterre, France
50.9	Ordained Bishop	André-Joseph (Mutien) Léonard	Bishop of Namur {Namen}, Belgium	Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
55.1	Installed	Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Apr	64.8	Appointed	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
64.8	Appointed	Paul Michael Boyle, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica, Antilles
56.7	Appointed	Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R.	Vicar Apostolic of Sibundoy, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
56.7	Appointed	Fabio de Jesús Morales Grisales, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Budua	Bishop Emeritus of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia
53.1	Appointed	Philippe Nkiere Keana, C.I.C.M.	Coadjutor Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.4	Appointed	Peter Takeo Okada †	Bishop of Urawa, Japan	Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan
67.7	Resigned	Josef Plöger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr	75.2	Retired	Leo Joseph Brust †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	27.5	Ordained Priest	[Simon Li Zhigang] †	Priest	Bishop-Elect of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
18 Apr	91.5	Died	Thomas Arthur Connolly †	Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA
20 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Fortunato Baldelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Dominican Republic	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
55.7	Appointed	Fortunato Baldelli †	Apostolic Delegate to Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
56.6	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Crusco †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
76.4	Died	Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda
65.1	Ordained Bishop	Mario Rizzi †	Titular Archbishop of Balneoregium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
29.6	Ordained Priest	Stefano Russo	Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy
21 Apr	27.2	Ordained Priest	Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla	Priest of Torit, South Sudan	Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan
49.8	Ordained Bishop	Gerard Clifford †	Titular Bishop of Hieron	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Armagh, Ireland
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Marcelino Correr, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
93.3	Died	Ángel María Ocampo Berrio, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
22 Apr	83.2	Died	Victor Van Beurden, SS.CC. †	Bishop Emeritus of Kole, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
23 Apr	59.4	Appointed	Jorge Arturo Meinvielle, S.D.B. †	Bishop of San Justo, Argentina
24 Apr	40.9	Appointed	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
40.9	Appointed	Alberto Taveira Corrêa	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Archbishop of Belém do Pará, Brazil
78.1	Died	Matija Matiša Zvekanović †	Bishop Emeritus of Subotica, Serbia
25 Apr	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Terence John Brain	Titular Bishop of Amudarsa	Bishop Emeritus of Salford, England, Great Britain
26 Apr	86.8	Died	[Antônio de Castro Mayer] †	Bishop Emeritus of Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
76.1	Retired	Henry Joseph Kennedy †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
57.4	Appointed	Kevin Michael Manning	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta, Australia
66.0	Died	Thaddeus Anthony Shubsda †	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
27 Apr	59.0	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Juan Baseotto, C.SS.R.	Coadjutor Bishop of Añatuya, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Argentina, Military
50.6	Ordained Bishop	Lajos Pápai	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
31.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mopeli Sephamola, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho
79.8	Died	Pasquale Venezia †	Bishop Emeritus of Avellino, Italy
28 Apr	56.6	Installed	Domenico Crusco †	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy
34.7	Ordained Priest	José Soares Filho, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil
29 Apr	29.7	Ordained Priest	Niranjan Sual Singh	Priest of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India	Bishop of Sambalpur, India
30 Apr	40.6	Appointed	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Auxiliary Bishop of Cienfuegos-Santa Clara, Cuba	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
40.6	Appointed	Emilio Aranguren Echeverria	Titular Bishop of Cellae in Proconsulari	Bishop of Holguín, Cuba
79.3	Died	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tuléar, Madagascar
52.1	Appointed	James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
48.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Manzella	Bishop of Caltagirone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Cefalù, Italy
42.1	Appointed	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Auxiliary Bishop of Toluca, México, México	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
42.1	Appointed	José Francisco Robles Ortega	Titular Bishop of Bossa	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
71.7	Appointed	Pablo Antonio Vega Mantilla †	Bishop of Juigalpa, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus
61.9	Appointed	Pedro Lisímaco de Jesús Vílchez Vílchez †	Bishop of Jinotega, Nicaragua	Bishop Emeritus

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