The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Apr 63.5 Appointed Mark Benedict Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

74.3 Ceased Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia

3 Apr 60.4 Appointed Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. † Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

79.2 Died Arduino Bertoldo † Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

81.7 Died Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. † Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

65.9 Appointed Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

83.3 Died Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. † Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

75.7 Retired Luis Morales Reyes † Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus

4 Apr 52.5 Appointed Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes Bishop of Bolivia, Military Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

75.5 Retired Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. † Bishop of Bolivia, Military Bishop Emeritus

63.7 Appointed Francesco Milito Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela

52.1 Appointed Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela

6 Apr 76.6 Died Felipe Fernández García † Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

7 Apr 81.5 Died Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

10 Apr 89.6 Died Luis Aponte Martínez † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico

79.2 Died Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia

11 Apr 55.2 Appointed Natale Paganelli, S.X. Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra Leone Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

83.9 Died Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

13 Apr 86.1 Died Mario Rizzi † Apostolic Nuncio

14 Apr 51.5 Ordained Bishop Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine Bishop of Ajaccio, France Archbishop of Lyon, France

56.5 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Leuzzi Titular Bishop of Aemona Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy

53.6 Ordained Bishop John Oballa Owaa Bishop of Ngong, Kenya

57.0 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios Titular Bishop of Materiana Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela

50.1 Ordained Bishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

48.8 Ordained Bishop Luciano Russo Titular Archbishop of Monteverde Secretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State

51.0 Appointed Marek Solczyński Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey

38.8 Ordained Bishop Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Quiza Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

56.5 Ordained Bishop Matteo Maria Zuppi Titular Bishop of Villa Nova Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

15 Apr 50.2 Ordained Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. Titular Bishop of Naiera Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

55.8 Installed Airton José dos Santos Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

53.9 Ordained Bishop Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe Titular Bishop of Strathernia Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

61.3 Converted Carl Leonard Reid Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia

16 Apr 82.2 Died Antoine Hamid Mourany † Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite), Syria

18 Apr 91.6 Died José Cerviño Cerviño † Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain

53.0 Appointed Miguel Ángel D’Annibale † Apostolic Administrator of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

69.7 Installed Arrigo Miglio Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

57.4 Resigned Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Installed William Charles Skurla Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

19 Apr 47.5 Ordained Bishop Joseph Chen Gong’ ao Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China

21 Apr 78.9 Died Ramón Búa Otero † Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain

63.9 Installed Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz Bishop of Neiva, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

86.3 Installed Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

51.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Abel Mamba Diatta Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal

43.2 Ordained Bishop Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel Titular Bishop of Beatia Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland

22 Apr 84.0 Installed Karl Josef Becker, S.J. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire

74.0 Installed Manuel Monteiro de Castro Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

72.7 Installed John Tong Hon Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

25 Apr 74.1 Resigned José Foralosso, S.D.B. † Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.3 Ordained Bishop Methodius Qu Ailin Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China

71.9 Died Jan Bernard Szlaga † Bishop of Pelplin, Poland

26 Apr 74.1 Installed Francesco Coccopalmerio Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

28 Apr 55.8 Installed Francesco Alfano Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

62.4 Appointed Michael Dixon Bhasera Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

49.8 Appointed Tadeusz Lityński Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland Bishop

49.8 Appointed Tadeusz Lityński Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

56.3 Resigned Martin Munyanyi † Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Installed Luis José Rueda Aparicio Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	63.5	Appointed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
74.3	Ceased	Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett	Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
3 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
79.2	Died	Arduino Bertoldo †	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
81.7	Died	Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
65.9	Appointed	Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
83.3	Died	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
75.7	Retired	Luis Morales Reyes †	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Apr	52.5	Appointed	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
75.5	Retired	Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
63.7	Appointed	Francesco Milito	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
52.1	Appointed	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Bishop of Guarenas, Venezuela
6 Apr	76.6	Died	Felipe Fernández García †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
7 Apr	81.5	Died	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
10 Apr	89.6	Died	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
79.2	Died	Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia
11 Apr	55.2	Appointed	Natale Paganelli, S.X.	Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra Leone	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
83.9	Died	Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
13 Apr	86.1	Died	Mario Rizzi †	Apostolic Nuncio
14 Apr	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine	Bishop of Ajaccio, France	Archbishop of Lyon, France
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Leuzzi	Titular Bishop of Aemona	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
53.6	Ordained Bishop	John Oballa Owaa	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya
57.0	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Romero Barrios	Titular Bishop of Materiana	Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Russo	Titular Archbishop of Monteverde	Secretary (Pontifical Representations) of the Secretariat of State
51.0	Appointed	Marek Solczyński	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
38.8	Ordained Bishop	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Quiza	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Maria Zuppi	Titular Bishop of Villa Nova	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Naiera	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.8	Installed	Airton José dos Santos	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe	Titular Bishop of Strathernia	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
61.3	Converted	Carl Leonard Reid	Ordinary Emeritus of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia
16 Apr	82.2	Died	Antoine Hamid Mourany †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite), Syria
18 Apr	91.6	Died	José Cerviño Cerviño †	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
53.0	Appointed	Miguel Ángel D’Annibale †	Apostolic Administrator of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
69.7	Installed	Arrigo Miglio	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
57.4	Resigned	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Installed	William Charles Skurla	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
19 Apr	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Chen Gong’ ao	Bishop of Nanchong [Shunking], China
21 Apr	78.9	Died	Ramón Búa Otero †	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
63.9	Installed	Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
86.3	Installed	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Abel Mamba Diatta	Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal	Bishop of Tambacounda, Senegal
43.2	Ordained Bishop	Wiesław Andrzej Śmigiel	Titular Bishop of Beatia	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland
22 Apr	84.0	Installed	Karl Josef Becker, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire
74.0	Installed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
72.7	Installed	John Tong Hon	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
25 Apr	74.1	Resigned	José Foralosso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Methodius Qu Ailin	Bishop of Changsha [Changsha], China
71.9	Died	Jan Bernard Szlaga †	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
26 Apr	74.1	Installed	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
28 Apr	55.8	Installed	Francesco Alfano	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
62.4	Appointed	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
49.8	Appointed	Tadeusz Lityński	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland	Bishop
49.8	Appointed	Tadeusz Lityński	Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus	Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
56.3	Resigned	Martin Munyanyi †	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Installed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

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