The Year of Our Lord 1966

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Apr 24.5 Ordained Priest Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm. Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy

3 Apr Born José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M. Coadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina

53.1 Installed Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy

4 Apr 51.2 Appointed Paul Francis Leibold † Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Appointed Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. † Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau Prefect Emeritus

53.8 Appointed George Henry Speltz † Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

7 Apr 52.8 Succeeded Henri Marie Charles Gufflet † Bishop of Limoges, France Bishop Emeritus

Born Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz Priest of Santiago de Chile

81.9 Died Louis-Paul Rastouil † Bishop of Limoges, France

55.1 Appointed Francesco Sanmartino † Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Francesco Sanmartino † Titular Bishop of Summula Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

10 Apr 25.4 Ordained Priest José Ulises Macías Salcedo Priest of León, Guanajuato, México Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

11 Apr 28.2 Ordained Priest Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba † Priest of Sokodé, Togo Bishop Emeritus

Born Bhaskar Jesuraj Bishop of Meerut, India

25.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Paul Mary Mathieu Priest of Saint-Dié, France Bishop Emeritus

14 Apr 50.5 Appointed Humberto Sousa Medeiros † Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

39.8 Ordained Bishop James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Verbe Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

52.4 Installed John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

15 Apr 41.6 Appointed Bruno Maldaner † Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

41.6 Appointed Bruno Maldaner † Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

73.2 Appointed Bryan Joseph McEntegart † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brooklyn, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

16 Apr Born Joselito Carreño Quiñonez, M.X.Y. Vicar Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia

17 Apr 72.2 Died Antonio Bergamaschi † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy

26.2 Ordained Priest Philip Boyce, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland

27.8 Ordained Priest Victor Adibe Chikwe † Priest of Owerri, Nigeria Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

25.2 Ordained Priest Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

27.3 Ordained Priest Francis Teke Lysinge Priest of Buéa, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus of Mamfe, Cameroon

35.5 Ordained Priest Christian Wiyghan Tumi † Priest of Buéa, Cameroon Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon

18 Apr Born Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon

26.9 Ordained Priest Peter Remigius Priest of Kottar, India Bishop Emeritus

19 Apr 49.7 Appointed Nicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria Prelate Emeritus of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras

Born Algacir Munhak, C.S. Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil

20 Apr Born Edouard Sinayobye Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda

21 Apr Born James Francis Checchio Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA

54.0 Ordained Bishop Clarence James Duhart, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Udonthani, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand

67.2 Died Johann Lenhardt † Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

83.2 Died Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt

22 Apr Born Andrej Saje Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia

23 Apr 23.8 Ordained Priest Domenico Sigalini Priest of Brescia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy

24 Apr 46.2 Ordained Bishop Donaldo Gonzalo Chávez Núñez † Titular Bishop of Giru Mons

38.8 Appointed Juan Antonio Flores Santana † Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

89.3 Died James Joseph MacNamee † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

50.3 Ordained Bishop Angelo Félix Mugnol † Titular Bishop of Nicives Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

31.1 Ordained Priest Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

25 Apr 46.7 Ordained Bishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Cenculiana Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

55.1 Ordained Bishop Francesco Sanmartino † Titular Bishop of Summula Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

55.9 Appointed William Gordon Wheeler † Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

26 Apr 73.3 Appointed Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre † Titular Archbishop of Thibilis Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France

73.3 Resigned Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre † Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France Archbishop Emeritus

38.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Louis Bernardin † Titular Bishop of Lugura Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

55.9 Appointed André-Georges Bontems † Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France Archbishop Emeritus

Born Miguel Ángel Espinoza Garza Coadjutor Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México

52.4 Ordained Bishop Edward John Herrmann † Titular Bishop of Lamzella Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

25.7 Ordained Priest Edward James Slattery † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

27 Apr 85.8 Died Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C. † Prefect Emeritus of Kaffa, Ethiopia

28 Apr 60.8 Appointed Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

56.1 Appointed Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

Born Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M. Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

29 Apr 25.9 Ordained Priest Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh Priest of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

30 Apr 61.0 Appointed Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel † Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

Born José Eudes Campos do Nascimento Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

50.5 Appointed Crisanto Darío Mata Cova † Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

26.2 Ordained Priest Dennis Patrick O’Neil † Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA

51.1 Appointed Domingo Roa Pérez † Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	24.5	Ordained Priest	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop Emeritus of San Severo, Italy
3 Apr		Born	José Adolfo Larregain, O.F.M.		Coadjutor Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina
53.1	Installed	Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Amalfi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
4 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	Appointed	Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Prefect Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	George Henry Speltz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr	52.8	Succeeded	Henri Marie Charles Gufflet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Carlos Eugenio Irarrázaval Errázuriz		Priest of Santiago de Chile
81.9	Died	Louis-Paul Rastouil †	Bishop of Limoges, France
55.1	Appointed	Francesco Sanmartino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Francesco Sanmartino †	Titular Bishop of Summula	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
10 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	José Ulises Macías Salcedo	Priest of León, Guanajuato, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
11 Apr	28.2	Ordained Priest	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba †	Priest of Sokodé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Bhaskar Jesuraj		Bishop of Meerut, India
25.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Paul Mary Mathieu	Priest of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	50.5	Appointed	Humberto Sousa Medeiros †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
39.8	Ordained Bishop	James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Verbe	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
52.4	Installed	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
15 Apr	41.6	Appointed	Bruno Maldaner †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
41.6	Appointed	Bruno Maldaner †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
73.2	Appointed	Bryan Joseph McEntegart †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv.		Bishop of Lexington, Kentucky, USA
16 Apr		Born	Joselito Carreño Quiñonez, M.X.Y.		Vicar Apostolic of Inírida, Colombia
17 Apr	72.2	Died	Antonio Bergamaschi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
26.2	Ordained Priest	Philip Boyce, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe, Ireland
27.8	Ordained Priest	Victor Adibe Chikwe †	Priest of Owerri, Nigeria	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
25.2	Ordained Priest	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
27.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Teke Lysinge	Priest of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Mamfe, Cameroon
35.5	Ordained Priest	Christian Wiyghan Tumi †	Priest of Buéa, Cameroon	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cameroon
18 Apr		Born	Jean-Patrick Iba-Ba		Archbishop of Libreville, Gabon
26.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Remigius	Priest of Kottar, India	Bishop Emeritus
19 Apr	49.7	Appointed	Nicholas Anthony D’Antonio Salza, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria	Prelate Emeritus of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras
	Born	Algacir Munhak, C.S.		Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Apr		Born	Edouard Sinayobye		Bishop of Cyangugu, Rwanda
21 Apr		Born	James Francis Checchio		Bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Clarence James Duhart, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Udonthani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
67.2	Died	Johann Lenhardt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
83.2	Died	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt
22 Apr		Born	Andrej Saje		Bishop of Novo Mesto, Slovenia
23 Apr	23.8	Ordained Priest	Domenico Sigalini	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Palestrina, Italy
24 Apr	46.2	Ordained Bishop	Donaldo Gonzalo Chávez Núñez †	Titular Bishop of Giru Mons
38.8	Appointed	Juan Antonio Flores Santana †	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
89.3	Died	James Joseph MacNamee †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Félix Mugnol †	Titular Bishop of Nicives	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
31.1	Ordained Priest	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
25 Apr	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Sanmartino †	Titular Bishop of Summula	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
55.9	Appointed	William Gordon Wheeler †	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	73.3	Appointed	Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre †	Titular Archbishop of Thibilis	Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France
73.3	Resigned	Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre †	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France	Archbishop Emeritus
38.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
55.9	Appointed	André-Georges Bontems †	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Miguel Ángel Espinoza Garza		Coadjutor Bishop of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Edward John Herrmann †	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
25.7	Ordained Priest	Edward James Slattery †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
27 Apr	85.8	Died	Gaudenzio Barlassina, I.M.C. †	Prefect Emeritus of Kaffa, Ethiopia
28 Apr	60.8	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
56.1	Appointed	Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
	Born	Vincent Mduduzi Zungu, O.F.M.		Bishop of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
29 Apr	25.9	Ordained Priest	Dominique Nguyễn Chu Trinh	Priest of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
30 Apr	61.0	Appointed	Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	José Eudes Campos do Nascimento		Bishop of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
50.5	Appointed	Crisanto Darío Mata Cova †	Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
26.2	Ordained Priest	Dennis Patrick O’Neil †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
51.1	Appointed	Domingo Roa Pérez †	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus

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