The Year of Our Lord 1997

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 46.8 Succeeded Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

73.8 Resigned René Henry Gracida Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr 64.9 Appointed Justo Mullor García † Apostolic Nuncio to México President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

75.4 Retired Girolamo Prigione † Apostolic Nuncio to México Apostolic Nuncio

3 Apr 60.1 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

46.1 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

5 Apr 75.1 Retired Louis Anthony DeSimone † Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Orlandoni Bishop of Senigallia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Priest Napoleon Balili Sipalay, Jr., O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines

66.7 Appointed Vittorio Tomassetti † Coadjutor Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy Bishop Emeritus

65.9 Installed Francesco Zerrillo † Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

6 Apr 46.1 Installed Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

62.5 Ordained Bishop Franc Rodé, C.M. Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

66.6 Died Gabriel Toubia † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

47.5 Ordained Bishop David Allen Zubik Titular Bishop of Jamestown Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

7 Apr 48.5 Appointed Bernard Ardura, O. Praem. Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

52.5 Installed Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

60.2 Appointed Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.9 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

57.9 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Titular Archbishop of Thizica Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

38.1 Solemn Vows Mario Vaccari, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy

9 Apr 94.3 Died Mathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun) † Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China

68.9 Died Lawrence Ephraem Thottam † Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India

10 Apr 75.0 Retired José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. † Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

63.7 Resigned Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.0 Succeeded Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M. Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

11 Apr 53.4 Ordained Bishop Carlos Bürgler, C.SS.R. Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

12 Apr 66.4 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Tomás Farrell † Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina

55.6 Ordained Bishop José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda Titular Bishop of Naratcata Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

48.8 Ordained Bishop Philippe Rukamba Bishop of Butare, Rwanda

42.4 Ordained Bishop Michel Visi † Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)

13 Apr 32.5 Ordained Priest Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D. Priest of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile

59.9 Installed Lluís Martínez Sistach Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain

58.0 Installed Giuseppe Orlandoni Bishop of Senigallia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

14 Apr 61.6 Appointed Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

61.6 Appointed Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Altava Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

53.9 Appointed Angelo Fagiani † Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

80.4 Died Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. † Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi

15 Apr 84.5 Died Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines

89.2 Died Jaime Garcia Goulart † Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste

16 Apr 50.5 Appointed Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

63.3 Resigned Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt † Archbishop of La Serena, Chile

60.5 Appointed Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC. Archbishop of La Serena, Chile Archbishop Emeritus

17 Apr 84.2 Died Carlo Maccari † Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

18 Apr 95.1 Died Vincent-Marie Favé † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

19 Apr 67.8 Ordained Bishop Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. † Titular Bishop of Lamsorti Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

53.7 Appointed Benvenuto Italo Castellani Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy

58.9 Appointed Iván Antonio Marín López Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

58.7 Ordained Bishop José María Pinheiro Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

49.6 Ordained Bishop José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo Titular Bishop of Mozotcori Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela

42.8 Ordained Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez Coadjutor Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala Bishop

69.8 Appointed Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. † Titular Archbishop of Antinoë Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India

20 Apr 51.5 Ordained Bishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina Titular Bishop of Iziriana Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain

34.3 Ordained Deacon Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez Deacon of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop of San Felipe, Chile

82.7 Died Tommaso Agostino Gubitosa, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy

41.0 Ordained Bishop Jan Ozga Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon

21 Apr 52.9 Appointed Joji Govindu Bishop of Nalgonda, India Bishop Emeritus

67.1 Appointed Oswald Georg Hirmer † Bishop of Umtata, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Peter Joseph Kairo Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya

56.9 Appointed Damian Kyaruzi Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Appointed Paul Maipan Bishop of Khammam, India Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. Auxiliary Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Simidicca Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

65.3 Succeeded Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki † Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus

55.2 Appointed Evariste Ngoyagoye Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi Archbishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

59.1 Appointed Joseph Nguyễn Tích Ðức † Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho † Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam

74.2 Retired Maurice Michael Otunga † Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

62.3 Resigned Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany † Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

46.7 Appointed Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia Cardinal, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia

50.1 Appointed Peter Turang Coadjutor Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia Archbishop Emeritus

64.1 Appointed Jean Sommeng Vorachak † Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

64.1 Appointed Jean Sommeng Vorachak † Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos

80.5 Died Nicolas Eugene Walsh † Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA

23 Apr 59.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Morandini Apostolic Nuncio to Korea Apostolic Nuncio

59.8 Appointed Giovanni Battista Morandini Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia Apostolic Nuncio

24 Apr 61.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. † Bishop of Dharmapuri, India Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † Coadjutor Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela

25 Apr 58.0 Appointed Juraj Jezerinac Bishop of Croatia, Military Bishop Emeritus

63.0 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber † Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

63.0 Appointed Karl-Josef Rauber † Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio

31.7 Ordained Priest Bartholomeus van Roijen Priest of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada

46.8 Ordained Bishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

26 Apr 62.6 Ordained Bishop Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I. Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela

75.0 Retired Hans Leo Drewes † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 28.2 Ordained Priest Wilfred Gregory Moras Priest of Lucknow, India Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Jhansi, India

45.5 Ordained Bishop Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp. Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania

58.5 Installed Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez Prelate of Yauyos, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru

29 Apr 76.2 Retired Luigi Diligenza † Archbishop of Capua, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

33.6 Ordained Priest Bernard Lancy Pinto Priest of Bombay, India Bishop of Aurangabad, India

39.3 Appointed Thomas Maria Renz Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

39.3 Appointed Thomas Maria Renz Titular Bishop of Rucuma Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

56.3 Appointed Bruno Schettino † Archbishop of Capua, Italy

30 Apr 56.4 Appointed Anthony Giroux Meagher † Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

56.4 Appointed Anthony Giroux Meagher † Titular Bishop of Dura Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	46.8	Succeeded	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
73.8	Resigned	René Henry Gracida	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	64.9	Appointed	Justo Mullor García †	Apostolic Nuncio to México	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
75.4	Retired	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Nuncio to México	Apostolic Nuncio
3 Apr	60.1	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkmenistan	Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
5 Apr	75.1	Retired	Louis Anthony DeSimone †	Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Priest	Napoleon Balili Sipalay, Jr., O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop of Alaminos, Philippines
66.7	Appointed	Vittorio Tomassetti †	Coadjutor Bishop of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
65.9	Installed	Francesco Zerrillo †	Bishop of Lucera-Troia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	46.1	Installed	Lawrence Daniel Huculak, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Edmonton (Ukrainian), Alberta, Canada	Archbishop of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
62.5	Ordained Bishop	Franc Rodé, C.M.	Archbishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
66.6	Died	Gabriel Toubia †	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
47.5	Ordained Bishop	David Allen Zubik	Titular Bishop of Jamestown	Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
7 Apr	48.5	Appointed	Bernard Ardura, O. Praem.	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture	President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences
52.5	Installed	Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.	Archbishop of Denver, Colorado, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
60.2	Appointed	Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. †	Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.9	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Coadjutor Archbishop of United States of America, Military	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
57.9	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Titular Archbishop of Thizica	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
38.1	Solemn Vows	Mario Vaccari, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy
9 Apr	94.3	Died	Mathew Chen Muchen (Chen Mushun) †	Bishop of Zhaotong [Chaotung], China
68.9	Died	Lawrence Ephraem Thottam †	Bishop of Marthandom (Syro-Malankara), India
10 Apr	75.0	Retired	José Eduardo Alvarez Ramírez, C.M. †	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
63.7	Resigned	Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.0	Succeeded	Romeo Tovar Astorga, O.F.M.	Bishop of San Miguel, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
11 Apr	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Bürgler, C.SS.R.	Titular Bishop of Sinnipsa	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
12 Apr	66.4	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Tomás Farrell †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quilmes, Argentina
55.6	Ordained Bishop	José de Jesús Martínez Zepeda	Titular Bishop of Naratcata	Bishop Emeritus of Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Rukamba	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Michel Visi †	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)
13 Apr	32.5	Ordained Priest	Óscar Hernán Blanco Martínez, O.M.D.	Priest of Clerics Regular of the Mother of God	Bishop of Punta Arenas, Chile
59.9	Installed	Lluís Martínez Sistach	Archbishop of Tarragona, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Spain
58.0	Installed	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Bishop of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	61.6	Appointed	Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
61.6	Appointed	Émile Jean Marie Henri Joseph Destombes, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Altava	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
53.9	Appointed	Angelo Fagiani †	Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
80.4	Died	Jean-Louis Jobidon, M. Afr. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mzuzu, Malawi
15 Apr	84.5	Died	Gregorio Espiga e Infante, O.A.R. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Palawan, Philippines
89.2	Died	Jaime Garcia Goulart †	Bishop Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
16 Apr	50.5	Appointed	Luís Flávio Cappio, O.F.M.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
63.3	Resigned	Francisco José Cox Huneeus, P. Schönstatt †	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile
60.5	Appointed	Manuel Gerardo Donoso Donoso, SS.CC.	Archbishop of La Serena, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Apr	84.2	Died	Carlo Maccari †	Archbishop Emeritus of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
18 Apr	95.1	Died	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
19 Apr	67.8	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M. †	Titular Bishop of Lamsorti	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
53.7	Appointed	Benvenuto Italo Castellani	Bishop of Faenza-Modigliana, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
58.9	Appointed	Iván Antonio Marín López	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
58.7	Ordained Bishop	José María Pinheiro	Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi	Bishop Emeritus of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
49.6	Ordained Bishop	José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo	Titular Bishop of Mozotcori	Bishop Emeritus of Guanare, Venezuela
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez	Coadjutor Bishop of Verapaz, Cobán, Guatemala	Bishop
69.8	Appointed	Varkey Vithayathil, C.SS.R. †	Titular Archbishop of Antinoë	Cardinal, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
20 Apr	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina	Titular Bishop of Iziriana	Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
34.3	Ordained Deacon	Gonzalo Arturo Bravo Álvarez	Deacon of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop of San Felipe, Chile
82.7	Died	Tommaso Agostino Gubitosa, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Montevergine, Italy
41.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan Ozga	Bishop of Doumé-Abong’ Mbang, Cameroon
21 Apr	52.9	Appointed	Joji Govindu	Bishop of Nalgonda, India	Bishop Emeritus
67.1	Appointed	Oswald Georg Hirmer †	Bishop of Umtata, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Peter Joseph Kairo	Bishop of Nakuru, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
56.9	Appointed	Damian Kyaruzi	Bishop of Sumbawanga, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Appointed	Paul Maipan	Bishop of Khammam, India	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M.	Auxiliary Bishop of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Cyprien Mbuka Di Nkuanga, C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Simidicca	Bishop Emeritus of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
65.3	Succeeded	Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
55.2	Appointed	Evariste Ngoyagoye	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi	Archbishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi
59.1	Appointed	Joseph Nguyễn Tích Ðức †	Coadjutor Bishop of Ban Mê Thuột, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nho †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
74.2	Retired	Maurice Michael Otunga †	Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
62.3	Resigned	Jean-Baptiste Outhay Thepmany †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
46.7	Appointed	Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo	Archbishop of Semarang, Indonesia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia
50.1	Appointed	Peter Turang	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kupang, Indonesia	Archbishop Emeritus
64.1	Appointed	Jean Sommeng Vorachak †	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
64.1	Appointed	Jean Sommeng Vorachak †	Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
80.5	Died	Nicolas Eugene Walsh †	Bishop Emeritus of Yakima, Washington, USA
23 Apr	59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Morandini	Apostolic Nuncio to Korea	Apostolic Nuncio
59.8	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Morandini	Apostolic Nuncio to Mongolia	Apostolic Nuncio
24 Apr	61.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Dharmapuri, India	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †	Coadjutor Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
25 Apr	58.0	Appointed	Juraj Jezerinac	Bishop of Croatia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
63.0	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
63.0	Appointed	Karl-Josef Rauber †	Apostolic Nuncio to Moldova, Republic of	Cardinal, Apostolic Nuncio
31.7	Ordained Priest	Bartholomeus van Roijen	Priest of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Bishop of Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 Apr	62.6	Ordained Bishop	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.	Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
75.0	Retired	Hans Leo Drewes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	28.2	Ordained Priest	Wilfred Gregory Moras	Priest of Lucknow, India	Coadjutor Bishop-Elect of Jhansi, India
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Ndeliakyama Shao, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Zanzibar, Tanzania
58.5	Installed	Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Cuzco, Peru
29 Apr	76.2	Retired	Luigi Diligenza †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
33.6	Ordained Priest	Bernard Lancy Pinto	Priest of Bombay, India	Bishop of Aurangabad, India
39.3	Appointed	Thomas Maria Renz	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
39.3	Appointed	Thomas Maria Renz	Titular Bishop of Rucuma	Auxiliary Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
56.3	Appointed	Bruno Schettino †	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
30 Apr	56.4	Appointed	Anthony Giroux Meagher †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada
56.4	Appointed	Anthony Giroux Meagher †	Titular Bishop of Dura	Archbishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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