The Year of Our Lord 2010

Bishop Events

April

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	52.4	Appointed	Ruperto Cruz Santos	Bishop of Balanga, Philippines	Bishop of Antipolo, Philippines
68.6	Died	Vito De Grisantis †	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
4 Apr	80.7	Died	Lajos Bálint †	Archbishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
6 Apr	76.5	Retired	Tomas Aguon Camacho †	Bishop of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
58.2	Appointed	José Horacio Gómez Velasco	Coadjutor Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA	Archbishop
7 Apr	63.7	Ordained Bishop	George Njaralakatt	Bishop of Mandya (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop Emeritus of Tellicherry (Syro-Malabar), India
63.5	Resigned	James Matthew Wingle	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	45.7	Appointed	Nicolás Baisi	Auxiliary Bishop of La Plata, Argentina	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
45.7	Appointed	Nicolás Baisi	Titular Bishop of Tepelta	Bishop of Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
46.3	Installed	Matthias Du Jiang	Bishop of [Shanba (Patriotic), China]
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Remigius Maria Paul Inchananiyil	Bishop of Thamarasserry (Syro-Malabar), India
50.9	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Pisanello	Bishop of Oria, Italy
10 Apr	66.9	Installed	Dominik Jaroslav Duka, O.P.	Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. †	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Installed	Guillermo Orozco Montoya	Bishop of Girardota, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
54.0	Died	Tadeusz Płoski †	Bishop of Poland, Military
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Jean Marie Prida Inthirath	Titular Bishop of Lemfocta	Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet, Laos
39.9	Appointed	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Apostolic Administrator of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Raphael Thattil	Titular Bishop of Buruni	Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabar), India
47.8	Appointed	Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez	Bishop of Carúpano, Venezuela
11 Apr	47.9	Ordained Bishop	Paul Alappatt	Bishop of Ramanathapuram (Syro-Malabar), India
53.8	Installed	Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta	Bishop of Alto Valle del Río Negro, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
69.8	Ordained Bishop	Woldeghiorghis Matheos	Titular Bishop of Turuda	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hosanna, Ethiopia
12 Apr	80.9	Died	Andrea Cassone †	Archbishop Emeritus of Rossano-Cariati, Italy
78.1	Died	Miguel Clarete Cinches, S.V.D. †	Bishop Emeritus of Surigao, Philippines
58.8	Appointed	Barnaba Yousif Benham Habash	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (Syrian), USA	Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States (Syrian)
13 Apr	90.1	Died	André Bedoglouyan, I.C.P.B. †	Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus of Jerusalem and Amman {Gerusalemme e Amman} (Armenian), Palestine
57.9	Installed	Joseph Thomas Konnath	Bishop of Battery (Bathery) (Syro-Malankara), India
14 Apr	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Hubertus Leteng †	Bishop of Ruteng, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
72.0	Resigned	Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Biernaski	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
52.3	Resigned	Jacob Venance Koda	Bishop of Same, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr	88.1	Died	Norman Francis McFarland †	Bishop Emeritus of Orange in California, USA
90.3	Died	Tomáš Špidlík, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Agata de’ Goti
17 Apr	47.8	Succeeded	Felix Femi Ajakaye	Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria
75.0	Retired	Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun	Bishop of Ekiti, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
85.1	Died	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D.	Titular Bishop of Ita	Bishop of Keta-Akatsi, Ghana
66.6	Installed	Carlos Germán Mesa Ruiz	Bishop of Socorro y San Gil, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
75.4	Retired	Simon Akwali Okafor †	Bishop of Awka, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
40.1	Confirmed	Joseph Shen Bin	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
52.8	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D.	Prelate of Illapel, Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile
18 Apr	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Pauly Kannookadan	Bishop of Irinjalakuda (Syro-Malabar), India
63.4	Installed	Mario Meini	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Paul Meng Quinglu	Bishop of Hohhot [Suiyüan], China
55.1	Ordained Bishop	João Noé Rodrigues	Bishop of Tzaneen, South Africa
50.3	Ordained Bishop	Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun	Titular Bishop of Mathara in Numidia	Bishop of Bahir Dar - Dessie (Ethiopian), Ethiopia
19 Apr	96.5	Died	William Donald Borders †	Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
20 Apr	74.3	Resigned	John Clement Favalora	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
57.7	Appointed	Thomas John Joseph Paprocki	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
59.5	Appointed	Thomas Gerard Wenski	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
21 Apr	47.0	Confirmed	Jaroslav Pryriz, C.Ss.R.	Coadjutor Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop
40.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Shen Bin	Bishop of Haimen [Haimen], China	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
22 Apr	73.6	Resigned	James Moriarty †	Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
72.0	Appointed	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Nhơn	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hà Nội, Viet Nam	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 Apr	73.4	Resigned	Roger Joseph Vangheluwe	Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium
52.6	Appointed	Koenraad Vanhoutte	Apostolic Administrator of Brugge {Bruges}, Belgium	Auxiliary Bishop of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
24 Apr	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Norberto do Amaral	Bishop of Maliana, Timor-Leste
66.7	Ordained Bishop	Stanislav Lipovšek	Bishop of Celje, Slovenia	Bishop Emeritus
50.9	Installed	Vincenzo Pisanello	Bishop of Oria, Italy
62.8	Installed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Montfort Stima (Sitima)	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi
25 Apr	54.1	Installed	Norberto do Amaral	Bishop of Maliana, Timor-Leste
26 Apr	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Charles Bambera	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
27 Apr	58.3	Ordained Bishop	John Douglas Deshotel	Titular Bishop of Cova	Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
56.2	Ordained Bishop	Mark Joseph Seitz	Titular Bishop of Cozyla	Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
28 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Launay Saturné	Bishop of Jacmel, Haïti	Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti
29 Apr	64.6	Appointed	José Benjamín Castillo Plascencia	Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México	Bishop Emeritus
69.4	Appointed	Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
69.4	Appointed	Victor Gnanapragasam, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Thimida	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
45.5	Appointed	John Baptist Jung Shin-chul	Auxiliary Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)	Bishop
45.5	Appointed	John Baptist Jung Shin-chul	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Bishop of Incheon {Inch’on}, Korea (South)
30 Apr	52.8	Ordained Bishop	José Araneta Cabantan	Bishop of Malaybalay, Philippines	Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
70.0	Resigned	Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A.	Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora, Nigeria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Kontagora, Nigeria
53.5	Appointed	Rogatus Kimaryo, C.S.Sp.	Bishop of Same, Tanzania
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Terry Ronald LaValley	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
61.0	Appointed	Juan Odilón Martínez García	Bishop of Atlacomulco, México, México	Bishop Emeritus
98.9	Died	Paul Augustin Mayer, O.S.B. †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
66.5	Appointed	Peter David Gregory Smith †	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
52.8	Installed	Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D.	Prelate of Illapel, Chile	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile

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