The Year of Our Lord 2007

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 77.2 Ceased Józef Glemp † Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

60.0 Installed Domenico Mogavero Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Installed Kazimierz Nycz Cardinal, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

2 Apr 81.7 Died Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. † Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy

47.2 Appointed Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

47.2 Appointed Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer Titular Bishop of Rusadus Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France

3 Apr 76.8 Retired Giuseppe Di Falco Bishop of Sulmona-Valva, Italy Bishop Emeritus

55.4 Appointed Peter Anthony Libasci Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

55.4 Appointed Peter Anthony Libasci Titular Bishop of Satafis Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

91.7 Died Michael Joseph Murphy † Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

70.2 Appointed Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M. Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed Angelo Spina Bishop of Sulmona-Valva, Italy Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy

83.7 Died Félix María Torres Parra † Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia

75.9 Retired Emil Aloysius Wcela † Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono † Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia

4 Apr 76.9 Retired Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda † Bishop of Daet, Philippines Bishop Emeritus

72.3 Appointed Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B. Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State

75.5 Retired Fernando Charrier † Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Gilbert Armea Garcera Bishop of Daet, Philippines Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

58.6 Appointed Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France

80.0 Retired Eduardo Martínez Somalo † Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus

63.6 Appointed Giuseppe Versaldi Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education

5 Apr 75.3 Died José Antonio Gentico † Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

58.6 Appointed Salvatore Visco Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

6 Apr 88.2 Died Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) † Archbishop Emeritus of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq

81.5 Died James Joseph McGuinness † Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain

7 Apr 69.0 Died Luis Robles Díaz † Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

10 Apr 46.0 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Lingan Baccay Titular Bishop of Gabala Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines

67.2 Resigned Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S. Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.4 Retired Sergio Obeso Rivera † Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Reinaldo del Prette Lissot † Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela

60.6 Appointed Hipólito Reyes Larios † Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

11 Apr 64.8 Appointed Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed Geraldo Lyrio Rocha † Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

76.6 Died James Joseph O’Brien † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

62.8 Appointed Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. † Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

78.0 Retired Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. † Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

12 Apr 93.5 Died Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. † Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy

14 Apr 64.3 Resigned Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Vincentius Sensi Potokota † Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia

75.3 Retired Adrianus Johannes Simonis † Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

15 Apr 62.2 Installed Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

55.3 Ordained Bishop John Moolachira Bishop of Diphu, India Archbishop of Guwahati, India

16 Apr 50.1 Appointed John Ribat, M.S.C. Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Cardinal, Archbishop

17 Apr 47.6 Final Vows Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

18 Apr 69.8 Died Piero Biggio † Apostolic Nuncio

60.7 Ordained Bishop Angelus Kujur, S.J. Bishop of Purnea, India Bishop Emeritus

19 Apr 77.0 Retired Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras † Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala Archbishop Emeritus

59.5 Appointed Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala

20 Apr 52.9 Ordained Bishop Derek Fernandes Bishop of Karwar, India Bishop of Belgaum, India

75.4 Died [Michael Fu Tie-shan] † Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China

71.0 Died Ramón Godinez Flores † Bishop of Aguascalientes, México

21 Apr 76.8 Retired Eduardo Alas Alfaro † Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

42.9 Ordained Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres Titular Bishop of Sufes Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico

65.9 Appointed Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M. Archbishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

74.9 Retired George Mamalassery † Bishop of Tura, India Bishop Emeritus

57.2 Succeeded Andrew Raksam Marak Bishop of Tura, India

67.8 Appointed Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M. Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

23 Apr 57.7 Ordained Bishop Glen John Provost Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA

24 Apr 60.0 Appointed John Clayton Nienstedt Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus

62.8 Appointed Konrad Zdarsa Bishop of Görlitz, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany

25 Apr 93.4 Died [Joseph Lin Quan] † Bishop Emeritus of Fuzhou [Foochow], China

42.1 Appointed Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr. Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

55.5 Ordained Bishop Sigifredo Noriega Barceló Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México Bishop of Zacatecas, México

30.9 Ordained Priest Antony Prince Panengaden Priest of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India

27 Apr 57.4 Died José Aníbal Casasola Sosa † Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala

87.1 Died Walter Joseph Schoenherr † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

28 Apr 54.6 Ordained Bishop Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor Titular Bishop of Tetci Bishop of Awka, Nigeria

65.6 Ordained Bishop Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B. Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México Prelate Emeritus

88.3 Died Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia

58.9 Ordained Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia Bishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela

29 Apr 91.1 Died Kazimierz Jan Majdański † Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

57.6 Installed Odilo Pedro Scherer Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil

30 Apr 52.4 Ordained Bishop Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

53.2 Appointed Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Archbishop of Perth, Australia

53.2 Appointed Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird Archbishop of Perth, Australia

63.5 Appointed Peter John Elliott Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Appointed Peter John Elliott Titular Bishop of Manaccenser Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

49.2 Ordained Bishop Raphy Manjaly Bishop of Varanasi, India Archbishop of Agra, India

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	77.2	Ceased	Józef Glemp †	Apostolic Administrator of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
60.0	Installed	Domenico Mogavero	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Installed	Kazimierz Nycz	Cardinal, Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
2 Apr	81.7	Died	Francesco Saverio Toppi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prelate Emeritus of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario, Italy
47.2	Appointed	Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer	Auxiliary Bishop of Poitiers, France	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
47.2	Appointed	Pascal Jean Marcel Wintzer	Titular Bishop of Rusadus	Archbishop of Sens (-Auxerre), France
3 Apr	76.8	Retired	Giuseppe Di Falco	Bishop of Sulmona-Valva, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
55.4	Appointed	Peter Anthony Libasci	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
55.4	Appointed	Peter Anthony Libasci	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
91.7	Died	Michael Joseph Murphy †	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
70.2	Appointed	Alessandro Pagani, S.M.M.	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	Angelo Spina	Bishop of Sulmona-Valva, Italy	Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo, Italy
83.7	Died	Félix María Torres Parra †	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
75.9	Retired	Emil Aloysius Wcela †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	Vincentius Sutikno Wisaksono †	Bishop of Surabaya, Indonesia
4 Apr	76.9	Retired	Benjamin de Jesus Almoneda †	Bishop of Daet, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
72.3	Appointed	Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone, S.D.B.	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
75.5	Retired	Fernando Charrier †	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Gilbert Armea Garcera	Bishop of Daet, Philippines	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
58.6	Appointed	Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne	Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Bishop Emeritus of Pontoise, France
80.0	Retired	Eduardo Martínez Somalo †	Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus
63.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Versaldi	Bishop of Alessandria (della Paglia), Italy	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Dicastery for Culture and Education
5 Apr	75.3	Died	José Antonio Gentico †	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
58.6	Appointed	Salvatore Visco	Bishop of Isernia-Venafro, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
6 Apr	88.2	Died	Stéphane Babaca (Babeka, Babaqa) †	Archbishop Emeritus of Arbil {Erbil} (Chaldean), Iraq
81.5	Died	James Joseph McGuinness †	Bishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
7 Apr	69.0	Died	Luis Robles Díaz †	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
10 Apr	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Lingan Baccay	Titular Bishop of Gabala	Archbishop of Tuguegarao, Philippines
67.2	Resigned	Joseph Leo Charron, C.Pp.S.	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Sergio Obeso Rivera †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Reinaldo del Prette Lissot †	Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela
60.6	Appointed	Hipólito Reyes Larios †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
11 Apr	64.8	Appointed	Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Tanger, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha †	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
76.6	Died	James Joseph O’Brien †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
62.8	Appointed	Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
78.0	Retired	Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr	93.5	Died	Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy
14 Apr	64.3	Resigned	Joseph Nguyễn Văn Yến	Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Vincentius Sensi Potokota †	Archbishop of Ende, Indonesia
75.3	Retired	Adrianus Johannes Simonis †	Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
15 Apr	62.2	Installed	Severino Batista de França, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Nazaré, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
55.3	Ordained Bishop	John Moolachira	Bishop of Diphu, India	Archbishop of Guwahati, India
16 Apr	50.1	Appointed	John Ribat, M.S.C.	Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Cardinal, Archbishop
17 Apr	47.6	Final Vows	Stephen Chow Sau-yan, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Cardinal, Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
18 Apr	69.8	Died	Piero Biggio †	Apostolic Nuncio
60.7	Ordained Bishop	Angelus Kujur, S.J.	Bishop of Purnea, India	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	77.0	Retired	Victor Hugo Martínez Contreras †	Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Archbishop Emeritus
59.5	Appointed	Oscar Julio Vian Morales, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán, Guatemala	Archbishop of Santiago de Guatemala
20 Apr	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Derek Fernandes	Bishop of Karwar, India	Bishop of Belgaum, India
75.4	Died	[Michael Fu Tie-shan] †	Bishop of Beijing [Peking], China
71.0	Died	Ramón Godinez Flores †	Bishop of Aguascalientes, México
21 Apr	76.8	Retired	Eduardo Alas Alfaro †	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Fernández Torres	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Bishop Emeritus of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
65.9	Appointed	Jean-Pierre Grallet, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
74.9	Retired	George Mamalassery †	Bishop of Tura, India	Bishop Emeritus
57.2	Succeeded	Andrew Raksam Marak	Bishop of Tura, India
67.8	Appointed	Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.	Bishop of Chalatenango, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
23 Apr	57.7	Ordained Bishop	Glen John Provost	Bishop of Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
24 Apr	60.0	Appointed	John Clayton Nienstedt	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
62.8	Appointed	Konrad Zdarsa	Bishop of Görlitz, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
25 Apr	93.4	Died	[Joseph Lin Quan] †	Bishop Emeritus of Fuzhou [Foochow], China
42.1	Appointed	Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Bishop of Kindu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.5	Ordained Bishop	Sigifredo Noriega Barceló	Bishop of Ensenada, Baja California Norte, México	Bishop of Zacatecas, México
30.9	Ordained Priest	Antony Prince Panengaden	Priest of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop of Shamshabad (Syro-Malabar), India
27 Apr	57.4	Died	José Aníbal Casasola Sosa †	Bishop of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, Guatemala
87.1	Died	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
28 Apr	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Paulinus Chukwuemeka Ezeokafor	Titular Bishop of Tetci	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria
65.6	Ordained Bishop	Héctor Guerrero Córdova, S.D.B.	Prelate of Mixes, Oaxaca, México	Prelate Emeritus
88.3	Died	Federico Bonifacio Madersbacher Gasteiger, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Luis Armando Tineo Rivera	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Bishop Emeritus of Carora, Venezuela
29 Apr	91.1	Died	Kazimierz Jan Majdański †	Bishop Emeritus of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
57.6	Installed	Odilo Pedro Scherer	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil
30 Apr	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil	Titular Bishop of Abbir Maius	Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
53.2	Appointed	Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
53.2	Appointed	Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
63.5	Appointed	Peter John Elliott	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Australia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Appointed	Peter John Elliott	Titular Bishop of Manaccenser	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
49.2	Ordained Bishop	Raphy Manjaly	Bishop of Varanasi, India	Archbishop of Agra, India

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