The Year of Our Lord 1976

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 75.9 Resigned Heinrich Baaken † Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

1 Mar 45.2 Ordained Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte † Titular Bishop of Lamdia Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay

66.6 Died Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. † Apostolic Administrator of Cheju-Do, Korea (South)

64.4 Appointed Baptist Mudartha † Bishop of Allahabad, India Bishop Emeritus

59.1 Appointed João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Tromsø, Norway Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil

47.4 Appointed Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. † Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Appointed Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez † Vicar Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

71.6 Appointed Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. † Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

75.2 Retired Johann Wember, M.S.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale} Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

2 Mar 79.2 Died Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa

3 Mar 66.0 Died Petrus (Johannes) Borne, O.S.B. † Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict

4 Mar 42.4 Appointed Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas † Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

79.5 Died Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier † Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France

41.2 Appointed Oscar Valero Cruz † Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

41.2 Appointed Oscar Valero Cruz † Titular Bishop of Martirano Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines

43.7 Appointed Elden Francis Curtiss Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

5 Mar 59.4 Died Enrico Bartoletti † Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy

66.3 Appointed Sante Portalupi † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Morocco Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal

6 Mar Born Grégoire François Bruno Drouot Bishop of Nevers, France

63.2 Appointed Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus

63.2 Appointed Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia

56.8 Appointed Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA

7 Mar 21.6 Simple Vows Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil

Born Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania

8 Mar 86.2 Died Nicola Margiotta † Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy

39.6 Appointed Luis Morales Reyes † Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

39.6 Appointed Luis Morales Reyes † Titular Bishop of Burca Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México

10 Mar 23.9 Professed Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

11 Mar 56.7 Appointed Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada † Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District

13 Mar 24.5 Ordained Priest Salvatore Rino Fisichella Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization

73.8 Retired Roger André Marcel Johan † Bishop of Agen, France Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Succeeded Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens † Bishop of Agen, France Bishop Emeritus

15 Mar 41.2 Ordained Bishop Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Girus Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines

84.0 Died Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen

40.3 Appointed Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. di Béth. Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay

16 Mar 53.3 Ordained Bishop Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. † Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia

17 Mar 80.2 Retired James Fergus † Bishop of Achonry, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

26.4 Ordained Priest Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. † Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

18 Mar 49.7 Appointed Luigi Bommarito † Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

49.7 Appointed Luigi Bommarito † Titular Bishop of Vannida Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

19 Mar 56.0 Resigned José Germán Benavides Morriberón † Titular Bishop of Mades Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

56.0 Resigned José Germán Benavides Morriberón † Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

25.7 Ordained Priest Michael Joseph Boulette Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA Auxiliary Bishop

55.6 Appointed Luigi Maverna † Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy

29.2 Ordained Priest Ângelo Pignoli Priest of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil

24.1 Professed José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F. Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru

20 Mar 52.5 Ordained Bishop Francesco Tarcisio Carboni † Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy

73.3 Retired Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. † Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya Bishop Emeritus

49.9 Ordained Bishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. † Bishop of Sendai, Japan Bishop Emeritus

21 Mar 48.2 Ordained Bishop François Xavier Tabao Manjarimanana, S.J. † Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar

23 Mar 54.3 Selected Otmar Mäder † Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

24 Mar 64.3 Appointed Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Ariano, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy

64.3 Appointed Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy

67.6 Died Robert Joseph Dwyer † Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA

75.9 Retired Joseph Hasler † Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed William Robert Johnson † Bishop of Orange in California, USA

59.9 Appointed Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. † Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Appointed Heinrich Machens † Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Appointed Heinrich Machens † Titular Bishop of Bida Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany

61.6 Resigned Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy

54.7 Appointed Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. † Bishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

67.7 Resigned José Terceiro de Sousa † Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Mar 27.3 Ordained Priest Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran † Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

59.0 Appointed Giovanni Benedetti † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

45.9 Ordained Bishop Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano † Titular Bishop of Lesina Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina

53.0 Ordained Bishop George Basil Hume, O.S.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain

54.3 Confirmed Otmar Mäder † Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Ordained Bishop Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa † Bishop of Macau, China Bishop Emeritus

77.1 Died James Donald Scanlan † Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain

26 Mar 46.1 Appointed Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic † Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

46.1 Appointed Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic † Titular Bishop of Valabria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

42.9 Appointed George Francis Daniel Bishop of South Africa, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

68.4 Resigned John Colburn Garner † Bishop of South Africa, Military Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa

51.3 Appointed Robert Lebel † Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

27 Mar 58.3 Appointed Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. † Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

28 Mar 39.3 Ordained Bishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves † Titular Bishop of Ficus Archbishop Emeritus of Beira, Mozambique

70.1 Died Paul-Joseph Hoffer, S. M. † Superior General Emeritus of Society of Mary

30 Mar 37.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe † Titular Bishop of Meta Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines

53.6 Appointed Joseph Phan Văn Hoa † Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam

53.6 Appointed Joseph Phan Văn Hoa † Titular Bishop of Acci Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam

53.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph Phan Văn Hoa † Titular Bishop of Acci Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam

31 Mar 54.1 Installed Norman Francis McFarland † Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA

44.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Peter O’Connell † Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

1 Apr 45.7 Appointed Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

52.1 Appointed Michael Murphy † Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland Bishop

52.1 Appointed Michael Murphy † Titular Bishop of Sila Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland

2 Apr 52.9 Appointed Bruno Foresti † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

88.4 Died Carlo Grano † Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello

56.0 Appointed Kornél Pataky (Pataki) † Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed László Tóth † Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.9 Appointed László Tóth † Titular Bishop of Baia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary

3 Apr 26.6 Ordained Priest Markus Büchel Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop

52.5 Died João Antonio da Silva Saraiva † Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal

26.4 Ordained Priest Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez Priest of Los Teques, Venezuela Bishop

24.8 Ordained Priest Vittorio Lanzani Priest of Pavia, Italy Secretary Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter

49.2 Ceased Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. † Apostolic Administrator of Calama, Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

38.0 Ordained Bishop Paul Zingtung Grawng † Titular Bishop of Rusguniae Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar

4 Apr 43.2 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Costanzo Titular Bishop of Mazaca Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy

43.9 Ordained Bishop António dos Santos † Titular Bishop of Tabbora Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal

6 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Romulo Geolina Valles Priest of Tagum, Philippines Archbishop of Davao, Philippines

7 Apr 71.6 Died Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. † Bishop of Meru, Kenya

9 Apr 27.4 Ordained Priest Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar

42.2 Installed John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. † Prefect of Lashio, Myanmar Prefect Emeritus

10 Apr 89.1 Died Ilario Alcini † Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

47.1 Appointed Nestor Assogba † Bishop of Parakou, Benin Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

52.6 Appointed Leo Morris Clarke † Bishop of Maitland, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia

65.9 Resigned Antoon Konings, S.M.A. † Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana Bishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro † Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo

35.0 Appointed Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado, Peru Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

35.0 Appointed Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. Titular Bishop of Marazanae Regiae Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

38.3 Appointed Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana

42.9 Appointed Petero Mataca † Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

40.1 Appointed Vincent Nsengiyumva † Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda

57.1 Resigned Bernard Oguki-Atakpah † Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Resigned George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. † Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus

61.5 Appointed André Perraudin, M. Afr. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kabgayi, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

56.1 Appointed Simon Ignatius Pimenta † Archbishop of Bombay, India Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. † Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

63.1 Appointed Marcello Rosina † Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy

12 Apr 49.5 Appointed Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

49.5 Appointed Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon † Titular Bishop of Taparura Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA

13 Apr 55.5 Resigned Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. † Bishop of Luso, Angola Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Resigned Américo Henriques † Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola Bishop Emeritus

56.6 Appointed Joseph Francis Maguire † Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

14 Apr 24.0 Ordained Priest Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr. Priest of Capiz, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

23.6 Ordained Priest Antonio Di Donna Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Bishop of Acerra, Italy

47.4 Appointed Joseph Phan Thế Hinh † Coadjutor Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam Bishop

47.4 Appointed Joseph Phan Thế Hinh † Titular Bishop of Mades Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam

15 Apr 24.3 Ordained Priest Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

25.0 Ordained Priest Piotr Libera Priest of Katowice, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland

Born Renato Tarantelli Baccari Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy

19 Apr 68.0 Died Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India

20 Apr 82.0 Died Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

82.0 Resigned Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

60.8 Appointed Michael Joseph Murphy † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

60.8 Appointed Michael Joseph Murphy † Titular Bishop of Arindela Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

72.8 Died Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. † Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa

21 Apr 48.9 Appointed Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. † Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

71.3 Resigned Natale Mosconi † Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

22 Apr 77.1 Retired Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

77.1 Retired Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

24 Apr 25.0 Ordained Priest Guillermo Dela Vega Afable Priest of Davao, Philippines Bishop of Digos, Philippines

60.4 Appointed Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. † Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

60.4 Appointed Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Equizetum Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic

26.1 Ordained Priest Domenico Cornacchia Priest of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

26.2 Ordained Priest Patrick James Dunn Priest of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. † Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr 53.8 Ordained Bishop Dante Carlos Sandrelli † Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina

64.3 Installed Herman To Paivu † Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

26 Apr 56.7 Appointed Alan Charles Clark † Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 27.4 Ordained Deacon Clyde Martin Harvey Deacon of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles

28 Apr 43.8 Ordained Bishop Elden Francis Curtiss Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA

54.5 Appointed Girolamo Prigione † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria Apostolic Nuncio

29 Apr 56.3 Appointed Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

25.0 Ordained Deacon Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Deacon of Detroit, Michigan, USA Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA

49.2 Appointed Francis Thomas Hurley † Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus

43.3 Appointed Emílio Pignoli Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

30 Apr 42.5 Ordained Bishop Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas † Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Bishop Emeritus

Born Gjergj Meta Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania

48.1 Resigned Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

38.5 Succeeded Joseph Chhmar Salas † Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	75.9	Resigned	Heinrich Baaken †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
1 Mar	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay
66.6	Died	Harold William Henry, S.S.C.M.E. †	Apostolic Administrator of Cheju-Do, Korea (South)
64.4	Appointed	Baptist Mudartha †	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Bishop Emeritus
59.1	Appointed	João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tromsø, Norway	Bishop Emeritus of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil
47.4	Appointed	Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Appointed	Gilberto Valbuena Sánchez †	Vicar Apostolic of La Paz en la Baja California Sur, México	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
71.6	Appointed	Louis Vangeke, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Johann Wember, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Norway {Norvegia Settentrionale}	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Mar	79.2	Died	Joseph Grueter, C.M.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Umtata, South Africa
3 Mar	66.0	Died	Petrus (Johannes) Borne, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Order of Saint Benedict
4 Mar	42.4	Appointed	Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas †	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
79.5	Died	Paul-Léon-Jean Chevalier †	Bishop Emeritus of Le Mans, France
41.2	Appointed	Oscar Valero Cruz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
41.2	Appointed	Oscar Valero Cruz †	Titular Bishop of Martirano	Archbishop Emeritus of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines
43.7	Appointed	Elden Francis Curtiss	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
5 Mar	59.4	Died	Enrico Bartoletti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Lucca, Italy
66.3	Appointed	Sante Portalupi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Morocco	Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
6 Mar		Born	Grégoire François Bruno Drouot		Bishop of Nevers, France
63.2	Appointed	Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sucre, Bolivia	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus
63.2	Appointed	Alejandro Mestre Descals, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania	Coadjutor Archbishop Emeritus of Sucre, Bolivia
56.8	Appointed	Jerome Arthur (Gerolamo) Pechillo, T.O.R. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
7 Mar	21.6	Simple Vows	Joaquim Carlos Carvalho, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Jataí, Goias, Brazil
	Born	Godfrey Jackson Mwasekaga		Auxiliary Bishop of Mbeya, Tanzania
8 Mar	86.2	Died	Nicola Margiotta †	Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi, Italy
39.6	Appointed	Luis Morales Reyes †	Auxiliary Bishop of Tacámbaro, Michoacán, México	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
39.6	Appointed	Luis Morales Reyes †	Titular Bishop of Burca	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, México
10 Mar	23.9	Professed	Edward Nicholas (Hugh) Gilbert, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
11 Mar	56.7	Appointed	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada †	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of México, Federal District
13 Mar	24.5	Ordained Priest	Salvatore Rino Fisichella	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
73.8	Retired	Roger André Marcel Johan †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Succeeded	Sabin-Marie Saint-Gaudens †	Bishop of Agen, France	Bishop Emeritus
15 Mar	41.2	Ordained Bishop	Ireneo Alisla Amantillo, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Girus	Bishop Emeritus of Tandag, Philippines
84.0	Died	Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Arabia, Yemen
40.3	Appointed	Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. di Béth.	Bishop of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación, Paraguay
16 Mar	53.3	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Salvatore Colombo, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mogadiscio, Somalia
17 Mar	80.2	Retired	James Fergus †	Bishop of Achonry, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
26.4	Ordained Priest	Wenceslao Selga Padilla, C.I.C.M. †	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
18 Mar	49.7	Appointed	Luigi Bommarito †	Auxiliary Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
49.7	Appointed	Luigi Bommarito †	Titular Bishop of Vannida	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
19 Mar	56.0	Resigned	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
56.0	Resigned	José Germán Benavides Morriberón †	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
25.7	Ordained Priest	Michael Joseph Boulette	Priest of San Antonio, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
55.6	Appointed	Luigi Maverna †	Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference	Archbishop Emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy
29.2	Ordained Priest	Ângelo Pignoli	Priest of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil
24.1	Professed	José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F.	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas, Peru
20 Mar	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Tarcisio Carboni †	Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino, Italy	Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia, Italy
73.3	Retired	Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. †	Bishop of Kisumu, Kenya	Bishop Emeritus
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Bishop of Sendai, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
21 Mar	48.2	Ordained Bishop	François Xavier Tabao Manjarimanana, S.J. †	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
23 Mar	54.3	Selected	Otmar Mäder †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
24 Mar	64.3	Appointed	Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ariano, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
64.3	Appointed	Nicola Agnozzi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, Italy
67.6	Died	Robert Joseph Dwyer †	Archbishop Emeritus of Portland in Oregon, USA
75.9	Retired	Joseph Hasler †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	William Robert Johnson †	Bishop of Orange in California, USA
59.9	Appointed	Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	Heinrich Machens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	Heinrich Machens †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hildesheim, Germany
61.6	Resigned	Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli †	Bishop of Lacedonia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Nusco, Italy
54.7	Appointed	Abel Alonso Núñez, O. de M. †	Bishop of Campo Maior, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
67.7	Resigned	José Terceiro de Sousa †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Mar	27.3	Ordained Priest	Rodolfo Fontiveros Beltran †	Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
59.0	Appointed	Giovanni Benedetti †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Emilio Pablo Bianchi di Cárcano †	Titular Bishop of Lesina	Bishop Emeritus of Azul, Argentina
53.0	Ordained Bishop	George Basil Hume, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain
54.3	Confirmed	Otmar Mäder †	Bishop of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Arquimínio Rodrigues da Costa †	Bishop of Macau, China	Bishop Emeritus
77.1	Died	James Donald Scanlan †	Archbishop Emeritus of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
26 Mar	46.1	Appointed	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
46.1	Appointed	Aloysius Matthew Ambrozic †	Titular Bishop of Valabria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
42.9	Appointed	George Francis Daniel	Bishop of South Africa, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
68.4	Resigned	John Colburn Garner †	Bishop of South Africa, Military	Archbishop Emeritus of Pretoria, South Africa
51.3	Appointed	Robert Lebel †	Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
27 Mar	58.3	Appointed	Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. †	Prelate of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
28 Mar	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Jaime Pedro Gonçalves †	Titular Bishop of Ficus	Archbishop Emeritus of Beira, Mozambique
70.1	Died	Paul-Joseph Hoffer, S. M. †	Superior General Emeritus of Society of Mary
30 Mar	37.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Isauro Alzate Buenafe †	Titular Bishop of Meta	Auxiliary Bishop of Nueva Segovia, Philippines
53.6	Appointed	Joseph Phan Văn Hoa †	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
53.6	Appointed	Joseph Phan Văn Hoa †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
53.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Phan Văn Hoa †	Titular Bishop of Acci	Coadjutor Bishop of Quy Nhơn (Qui Nhơn), Viet Nam
31 Mar	54.1	Installed	Norman Francis McFarland †	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
44.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Peter O’Connell †	Titular Bishop of Sanctus Germanus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
1 Apr	45.7	Appointed	Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Barra (do Rio Grande), Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
52.1	Appointed	Michael Murphy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland	Bishop
52.1	Appointed	Michael Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Sila	Bishop of Cork and Ross, Ireland
2 Apr	52.9	Appointed	Bruno Foresti †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
88.4	Died	Carlo Grano †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello
56.0	Appointed	Kornél Pataky (Pataki) †	Bishop of Győr (Raab), Hungary	Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	László Tóth †	Auxiliary Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.9	Appointed	László Tóth †	Titular Bishop of Baia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
3 Apr	26.6	Ordained Priest	Markus Büchel	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop
52.5	Died	João Antonio da Silva Saraiva †	Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal
26.4	Ordained Priest	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez	Priest of Los Teques, Venezuela	Bishop
24.8	Ordained Priest	Vittorio Lanzani	Priest of Pavia, Italy	Secretary Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
49.2	Ceased	Carlos Oviedo Cavada, O. de M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Calama, Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
38.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul Zingtung Grawng †	Titular Bishop of Rusguniae	Archbishop Emeritus of Mandalay, Myanmar
4 Apr	43.2	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Costanzo	Titular Bishop of Mazaca	Archbishop Emeritus of Siracusa, Italy
43.9	Ordained Bishop	António dos Santos †	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Bishop Emeritus of Guarda, Portugal
6 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Romulo Geolina Valles	Priest of Tagum, Philippines	Archbishop of Davao, Philippines
7 Apr	71.6	Died	Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
9 Apr	27.4	Ordained Priest	Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Archbishop of Yangon, Myanmar
42.2	Installed	John Jocelyn Madden, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Lashio, Myanmar	Prefect Emeritus
10 Apr	89.1	Died	Ilario Alcini †	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
47.1	Appointed	Nestor Assogba †	Bishop of Parakou, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
52.6	Appointed	Leo Morris Clarke †	Bishop of Maitland, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Maitland-Newcastle, Australia
65.9	Resigned	Antoon Konings, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro †	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo	Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, Togo
35.0	Appointed	Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P.	Auxiliary Bishop of Puerto Maldonado, Peru	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
35.0	Appointed	Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P.	Titular Bishop of Marazanae Regiae	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
38.3	Appointed	Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu	Bishop of Keta-Ho, Ghana	Bishop Emeritus of Ho, Ghana
42.9	Appointed	Petero Mataca †	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
40.1	Appointed	Vincent Nsengiyumva †	Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
57.1	Resigned	Bernard Oguki-Atakpah †	Bishop of Atakpamé, Togo	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Resigned	George Hamilton Pearce, S.M. †	Archbishop of Suva, Fiji, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus
61.5	Appointed	André Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kabgayi, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
56.1	Appointed	Simon Ignatius Pimenta †	Archbishop of Bombay, India	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. †	Archbishop of Tananarive, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
63.1	Appointed	Marcello Rosina †	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri), Italy
12 Apr	49.5	Appointed	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
49.5	Appointed	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon †	Titular Bishop of Taparura	Bishop Emeritus of Steubenville, Ohio, USA
13 Apr	55.5	Resigned	Francisco Esteves Dias, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Luso, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Resigned	Américo Henriques †	Bishop of Nova Lisboa, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
56.6	Appointed	Joseph Francis Maguire †	Coadjutor Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	24.0	Ordained Priest	Jose Lazaro Fuerte Advincula Jr.	Priest of Capiz, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
23.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio Di Donna	Priest of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Bishop of Acerra, Italy
47.4	Appointed	Joseph Phan Thế Hinh †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam	Bishop
47.4	Appointed	Joseph Phan Thế Hinh †	Titular Bishop of Mades	Bishop of Hưng Hóa, Viet Nam
15 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Zbigniew Tadeusz Kusy, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
25.0	Ordained Priest	Piotr Libera	Priest of Katowice, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Płock, Poland
	Born	Renato Tarantelli Baccari		Vicegerent of Roma {Rome}, Italy
19 Apr	68.0	Died	Joseph Bartholomew Evangelisti, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Meerut, India
20 Apr	82.0	Died	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
82.0	Resigned	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
60.8	Appointed	Michael Joseph Murphy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
60.8	Appointed	Michael Joseph Murphy †	Titular Bishop of Arindela	Bishop Emeritus of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA
72.8	Died	Francis Clement Van Hoeck, O.S.B. †	Abbot Emeritus of Pietersburg, South Africa
21 Apr	48.9	Appointed	Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Zárate-Campana, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
71.3	Resigned	Natale Mosconi †	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Apr	77.1	Retired	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
77.1	Retired	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
24 Apr	25.0	Ordained Priest	Guillermo Dela Vega Afable	Priest of Davao, Philippines	Bishop of Digos, Philippines
60.4	Appointed	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
60.4	Appointed	Ronald Gerard Connors, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Equizetum	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic
26.1	Ordained Priest	Domenico Cornacchia	Priest of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
26.2	Ordained Priest	Patrick James Dunn	Priest of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Fabio Mamerto Rivas Santos, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Barahona, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	53.8	Ordained Bishop	Dante Carlos Sandrelli †	Titular Bishop of Germania in Dacia	Bishop Emeritus of Formosa, Argentina
64.3	Installed	Herman To Paivu †	Archbishop of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
26 Apr	56.7	Appointed	Alan Charles Clark †	Bishop of East Anglia, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	27.4	Ordained Deacon	Clyde Martin Harvey	Deacon of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada, Antilles
28 Apr	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Elden Francis Curtiss	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
54.5	Appointed	Girolamo Prigione †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio
29 Apr	56.3	Appointed	Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
25.0	Ordained Deacon	Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr.	Deacon of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Lansing, Michigan, USA
49.2	Appointed	Francis Thomas Hurley †	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
43.3	Appointed	Emílio Pignoli	Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Campo Limpo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Apr	42.5	Ordained Bishop	Ulises Aurelio Casiano Vargas †	Bishop of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Gjergj Meta		Bishop of Rrëshen, Albania
48.1	Resigned	Yves-Marie Georges René Ramousse, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
38.5	Succeeded	Joseph Chhmar Salas †	Vicar Apostolic of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia

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