The Year of Our Lord 2017

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Apr 45.6 Appointed Ronald Anthony P. Timoner Administrator of Daet, Philippines

1 Apr 48.0 Appointed Calixto Paulino Esono Abaga Obono Bishop of Evinayong, Equatorial Guinea

82.1 Died Antonio Ciliberti † Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy

48.1 Appointed Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, C.M.F. Bishop of Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea

75.2 Retired Mario Giordana Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia Apostolic Nuncio

53.1 Ordained Bishop Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M. Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

47.7 Appointed Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B. Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea

70.5 Appointed Giacomo Guido Ottonello Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia Apostolic Nuncio

51.8 Installed Edilson Soares Nobre Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil

52.3 Appointed Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands

2 Apr 48.6 Installed Cristiano Bodo Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy

59.5 Installed Daniele Gianotti Bishop of Crema, Italy

53.1 Installed Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M. Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

59.8 Installed Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V. Archbishop of Strasbourg, France Archbishop Emeritus

4 Apr 86.0 Died Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

6 Apr 78.6 Appointed Bernard Louis Marie Charrier Apostolic Administrator of Aire et Dax, France Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France

57.8 Resigned Hervé Gaschignard Bishop of Aire et Dax, France Bishop Emeritus

66.8 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden Apostolic Nuncio

66.8 Appointed James Patrick Green Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland Apostolic Nuncio

93.4 Died Newton Holanda Gurgel † Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil

77.5 Died Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. † Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas

54.9 Appointed Daniel Henry Mueggenborg Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA

54.9 Appointed Daniel Henry Mueggenborg Titular Bishop of Tullia Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA

7 Apr 46.6 Appointed Martin David Auxiliary Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia Bishop

46.6 Appointed Martin David Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia

51.2 Appointed Edivaldo Oliveira Santana Administrator of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil Priest

8 Apr 72.6 Appointed Edward Joseph Adams Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Apostolic Nuncio

75.3 Retired Jean-Michel Alain di Falco Léandri Bishop of Gap (-Embrun), France Bishop Emeritus of Gap-Embrun, France

51.5 Appointed Xavier Maurice Henri Malle, Comm. l'Emm. Bishop of Gap (-Embrun), France Bishop of Gap-Embrun, France

76.7 Retired Woldeghiorghis Matheos Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

46.6 Appointed Seyoum Franso Noel Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia

46.6 Appointed Seyoum Franso Noel Titular Bishop of Eminentiana Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia

61.6 Appointed Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam Bishop

9 Apr 64.6 Appointed Donatus Edet Akpan Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria

11 Apr 86.8 Died Edward Francis † Bishop Emeritus of Sivagangai, India

86.0 Died José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. † Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru

57.1 Appointed Inácio Saúre, I.M.C. Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique

12 Apr 75.9 Retired Edward Ozorowski † Archbishop of Białystok, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Benedictus Estephanus Rolly Untu, M.S.C. Bishop of Manado, Indonesia

77.0 Retired Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C. Bishop of Manado, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus

60.2 Appointed Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. Archbishop of Białystok, Poland Archbishop of Gdańsk, Poland

13 Apr 75.1 Retired Roman Adam Marcinkowski Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

90.8 Died Georges Rol † Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France

18 Apr 50.0 Appointed Peter Kohlgraf Bishop of Mainz, Germany

19 Apr 75.3 Retired Martin John Amos Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus

62.9 Appointed Francisco Carlos Bach Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

57.1 Appointed Vilson Basso, S.C.I. Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil

94.9 Died Antun Bogetić † Bishop Emeritus of Poreč i Pula, Croatia

54.8 Appointed John Patrick Dolan Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

54.8 Appointed John Patrick Dolan Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

55.1 Appointed José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V. Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil

56.6 Installed Daniel Joseph Miehm Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

57.8 Appointed Bruno Elizeu Versari Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

60.0 Appointed Thomas Robert Zinkula Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

20 Apr 49.2 Appointed Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U. Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

50.5 Ordained Bishop Guglielmo Giombanco Bishop of Patti, Italy

45.1 Appointed Kęstutis Kėvalas Coadjutor Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania

97.4 Died Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi † Bishop Emeritus of Guiyang [Kweyang], China Archbishop Emeritus

21 Apr 69.4 Ordained Bishop Roy Edward Campbell, Jr. Titular Bishop of Ucres Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

71.0 Resigned Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R. Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

22 Apr 47.5 Ordained Bishop Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil

80.0 Died Attilio Nicora † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

23 Apr 59.6 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Checchinato Bishop of San Severo, Italy Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

57.5 Installed Sérgio da Rocha Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

75.9 Retired Peter Joseph Kairo Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus

53.9 Appointed Anthony Muheria Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya

53.9 Appointed Anthony Muheria Apostolic Administrator of Kitui, Kenya Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya

45.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil Titular Bishop of Agrippias Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India

53.3 Ordained Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan

25 Apr 77.3 Retired Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. † Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

54.1 Appointed Rolf Lohmann Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

54.1 Appointed Rolf Lohmann Titular Bishop of Gor Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

53.6 Appointed Paul Lontsié-Keuné Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon

56.0 Appointed Marek Solczyński Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey

26 Apr 53.5 Appointed Antonio Guido Filipazzi Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria Apostolic Nuncio to Poland

27 Apr 66.4 Appointed Alessandro D’Errico Apostolic Nuncio to Malta Apostolic Nuncio

69.7 Resigned Giovanni Salonia, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Palermo, Italy Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

69.7 Resigned Giovanni Salonia, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop-Elect of Buthrotum Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin

28 Apr 45.0 Succeeded Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P. Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

65.1 Ordained Bishop Louis Frederick Kihneman Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

68.8 Died Edouard Mathos † Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic

29 Apr 90.3 Died Diego Natale Bona † Bishop Emeritus of Saluzzo, Italy

48.5 Ordained Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

47.6 Ordained Bishop Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco Titular Bishop of Hospita Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

30 Apr 60.7 Ordained Bishop Antoine Henry Pierre Marie Hérouard Titular Bishop of Maillezais Archbishop of Dijon, France

44.6 Appointed Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B. Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	45.6	Appointed	Ronald Anthony P. Timoner	Administrator of Daet, Philippines
1 Apr	48.0	Appointed	Calixto Paulino Esono Abaga Obono	Bishop of Evinayong, Equatorial Guinea
82.1	Died	Antonio Ciliberti †	Archbishop Emeritus of Catanzaro-Squillace, Italy
48.1	Appointed	Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, C.M.F.	Bishop of Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea
75.2	Retired	Mario Giordana	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia	Apostolic Nuncio
53.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M.	Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
47.7	Appointed	Miguel Angel Nguema Bee, S.D.B.	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
70.5	Appointed	Giacomo Guido Ottonello	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia	Apostolic Nuncio
51.8	Installed	Edilson Soares Nobre	Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil
52.3	Appointed	Cornelis Franciscus Maria van den Hout	Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, Netherlands	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands
2 Apr	48.6	Installed	Cristiano Bodo	Bishop of Saluzzo, Italy
59.5	Installed	Daniele Gianotti	Bishop of Crema, Italy
53.1	Installed	Juan Manuel González Sandoval, M.N.M.	Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
59.8	Installed	Luc Marie Daniel Ravel, C.R.S.V.	Archbishop of Strasbourg, France	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Apr	86.0	Died	Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
6 Apr	78.6	Appointed	Bernard Louis Marie Charrier	Apostolic Administrator of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus of Tulle, France
57.8	Resigned	Hervé Gaschignard	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
66.8	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Sweden	Apostolic Nuncio
66.8	Appointed	James Patrick Green	Apostolic Nuncio to Iceland	Apostolic Nuncio
93.4	Died	Newton Holanda Gurgel †	Bishop Emeritus of Crato, Ceara, Brazil
77.5	Died	Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. †	Prefect Emeritus of Falkland Islands o Malvinas
54.9	Appointed	Daniel Henry Mueggenborg	Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle, Washington, USA	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA
54.9	Appointed	Daniel Henry Mueggenborg	Titular Bishop of Tullia	Bishop of Reno, Nevada, USA
7 Apr	46.6	Appointed	Martin David	Auxiliary Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia	Bishop
46.6	Appointed	Martin David	Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia	Bishop of Ostrava-Opava, Czechia
51.2	Appointed	Edivaldo Oliveira Santana	Administrator of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil	Priest
8 Apr	72.6	Appointed	Edward Joseph Adams	Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain	Apostolic Nuncio
75.3	Retired	Jean-Michel Alain di Falco Léandri	Bishop of Gap (-Embrun), France	Bishop Emeritus of Gap-Embrun, France
51.5	Appointed	Xavier Maurice Henri Malle, Comm. l'Emm.	Bishop of Gap (-Embrun), France	Bishop of Gap-Embrun, France
76.7	Retired	Woldeghiorghis Matheos	Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
46.6	Appointed	Seyoum Franso Noel	Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia
46.6	Appointed	Seyoum Franso Noel	Titular Bishop of Eminentiana	Vicar Apostolic of Hosanna, Ethiopia
61.6	Appointed	Dominic Nguyên Văn Manh	Coadjutor Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop
9 Apr	64.6	Appointed	Donatus Edet Akpan	Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria
11 Apr	86.8	Died	Edward Francis †	Bishop Emeritus of Sivagangai, India
86.0	Died	José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. †	Bishop Emeritus of Lurín, Peru
57.1	Appointed	Inácio Saúre, I.M.C.	Archbishop of Nampula, Mozambique
12 Apr	75.9	Retired	Edward Ozorowski †	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Benedictus Estephanus Rolly Untu, M.S.C.	Bishop of Manado, Indonesia
77.0	Retired	Joseph Theodorus Suwatan, M.S.C.	Bishop of Manado, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus
60.2	Appointed	Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C.	Archbishop of Białystok, Poland	Archbishop of Gdańsk, Poland
13 Apr	75.1	Retired	Roman Adam Marcinkowski	Auxiliary Bishop of Płock, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
90.8	Died	Georges Rol †	Bishop Emeritus of Angoulême, France
18 Apr	50.0	Appointed	Peter Kohlgraf	Bishop of Mainz, Germany
19 Apr	75.3	Retired	Martin John Amos	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
62.9	Appointed	Francisco Carlos Bach	Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Archbishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil
57.1	Appointed	Vilson Basso, S.C.I.	Bishop of Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil
94.9	Died	Antun Bogetić †	Bishop Emeritus of Poreč i Pula, Croatia
54.8	Appointed	John Patrick Dolan	Auxiliary Bishop of San Diego, California, USA	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
54.8	Appointed	John Patrick Dolan	Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
55.1	Appointed	José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V.	Prelate of Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil
56.6	Installed	Daniel Joseph Miehm	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
57.8	Appointed	Bruno Elizeu Versari	Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
60.0	Appointed	Thomas Robert Zinkula	Bishop of Davenport, Iowa, USA	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
20 Apr	49.2	Appointed	Venedykt (Valery) Aleksiychuk, M.S.U.	Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Guglielmo Giombanco	Bishop of Patti, Italy
45.1	Appointed	Kęstutis Kėvalas	Coadjutor Bishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania	Archbishop of Kaunas, Lithuania
97.4	Died	Andreas Anicetus Wang Chong Yi †	Bishop Emeritus of Guiyang [Kweyang], China	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Apr	69.4	Ordained Bishop	Roy Edward Campbell, Jr.	Titular Bishop of Ucres	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
71.0	Resigned	Gianfranco Todisco, P.O.C.R.	Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Edimilson Neves Ferreira	Bishop of Tianguá, Ceara, Brazil
80.0	Died	Attilio Nicora †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
23 Apr	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Checchinato	Bishop of San Severo, Italy	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
57.5	Installed	Sérgio da Rocha	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in via Flaminia	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
75.9	Retired	Peter Joseph Kairo	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus
53.9	Appointed	Anthony Muheria	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
53.9	Appointed	Anthony Muheria	Apostolic Administrator of Kitui, Kenya	Archbishop of Nyeri, Kenya
45.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas (Tomy) Joseph Tharayil	Titular Bishop of Agrippias	Archbishop of Changanacherry (Syro-Malabar), India
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali	Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan
25 Apr	77.3	Retired	Eugeniusz Juretzko, O.M.I. †	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
54.1	Appointed	Rolf Lohmann	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
54.1	Appointed	Rolf Lohmann	Titular Bishop of Gor	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
53.6	Appointed	Paul Lontsié-Keuné	Bishop of Yokadouma, Cameroon	Bishop of Bafoussam, Cameroon
56.0	Appointed	Marek Solczyński	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
26 Apr	53.5	Appointed	Antonio Guido Filipazzi	Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria	Apostolic Nuncio to Poland
27 Apr	66.4	Appointed	Alessandro D’Errico	Apostolic Nuncio to Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
69.7	Resigned	Giovanni Salonia, O.F.M. Cap.	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Palermo, Italy	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
69.7	Resigned	Giovanni Salonia, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop-Elect of Buthrotum	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
28 Apr	45.0	Succeeded	Bertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P.	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
65.1	Ordained Bishop	Louis Frederick Kihneman	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
68.8	Died	Edouard Mathos †	Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
29 Apr	90.3	Died	Diego Natale Bona †	Bishop Emeritus of Saluzzo, Italy
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Rudolf Nyandoro	Bishop of Gokwe, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
47.6	Ordained Bishop	Cristián Carlos Roncagliolo Pacheco	Titular Bishop of Hospita	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
30 Apr	60.7	Ordained Bishop	Antoine Henry Pierre Marie Hérouard	Titular Bishop of Maillezais	Archbishop of Dijon, France
44.6	Appointed	Vitalii Kryvytskyi, S.D.B.	Bishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr, Ukraine

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