The Year of Our Lord 1947

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 23.7 Ordained Priest Franco Gualdrini Priest Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

25.4 Ordained Priest Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L'Heureux † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France

28.7 Ordained Priest António dos Reis Rodrigues Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal

25.0 Ordained Priest Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan Priest of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

2 Mar 51.0 Ordained Bishop Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Fussala Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco

61.4 Ordained Bishop Luigi Cammarata † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

52.1 Ordained Bishop Franciszek Jedwabski † Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

81.0 Died Leopoldo Precan † Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic

3 Mar Born Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C. Chicago, IL Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA

5 Mar Born John Ha Tiong Hock Kuching Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia

7 Mar 34.0 Appointed Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † Prefect of Fort Jameson, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia

Born Giuseppe Zenti San Martino Buon Albergo Bishop of Verona, Italy

8 Mar 58.1 Resigned Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Juan Vargas Aruquipa Achacachi Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia

9 Mar 87.0 Died Cyrillo de Paula Freitas † Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

10 Mar Born John 'Oke Afareha Oleh Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria

52.0 Appointed José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla † Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México Bishop Emeritus

35.3 Appointed Thomas Joseph McDonough † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

35.3 Appointed Thomas Joseph McDonough † Titular Bishop of Thenae Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

41.6 Appointed Pasquale Quaremba † Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy

56.5 Appointed Angelo Rossini † Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy

60.5 Appointed Paolo Rota † Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona, Italy Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

60.5 Appointed Paolo Rota † Titular Bishop of Memphis Bishop of Fidenza, Italy

69.4 Appointed Antonin Alois Weber † Titular Archbishop of Samos Bishop Emeritus of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic

69.4 Resigned Antonin Alois Weber † Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 46.9 Appointed Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. † Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius Bishop Emeritus

46.9 Appointed Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Drivastum Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

37.8 Appointed Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

37.8 Appointed Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Attuda Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa

Born Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón Toluca Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México

Born Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. Estollo, Spain Prelate of Chota, Peru

50.8 Appointed Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Manado, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

50.8 Appointed Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Hermonthis Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia

15 Mar 49.8 Installed Germiniano Esorto † Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina

46.6 Appointed Basile Khoury, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon

16 Mar 41.9 Ordained Bishop Secondo Chiocca † Bishop of Foligno, Italy Bishop Emeritus

44.4 Ordained Bishop Karol Pekala † Titular Bishop of Trocmades Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

17 Mar 25.8 Ordained Priest Caesar Gatimu † Priest of Nyeri, Kenya Bishop

65.6 Died Thomas Henry McLaughlin † Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Born Zelimir Puljic Kamena Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia

18 Mar Born John Clayton Nienstedt Detroit Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

19 Mar 50.5 Ordained Bishop Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Sufetula Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda

57.1 Appointed Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez † Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

70.0 Appointed Alessandro Evreinoff † Titular Archbishop of Parium

31.4 Ordained Bishop Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Turuzi Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa

55.4 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Lercaro † Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy

48.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Masterson † Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain

30.8 Ordained Priest Karl-August Siegel † Priest of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

20 Mar Born José Roberto Ospina Leongómez San Miguel de Sema Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia

21 Mar 57.0 Appointed Mario Zanin † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

22 Mar 24.8 Ordained Priest Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R. † Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru

45.1 Appointed Floyd Lawrence Begin † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop of Oakland, California, USA

45.1 Appointed Floyd Lawrence Begin † Titular Bishop of Sala Bishop of Oakland, California, USA

70.6 Died Joaquim Mamede da Silva Leite † Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas, Brazil

56.3 Appointed José Hascher, C.S.Sp. † Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

56.3 Appointed José Hascher, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Aeliae Prelate Emeritus of Juruá, Acre, Brazil

28.9 Ordained Priest Salvador Lazo Lazo † Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines

25.4 Ordained Priest Otmar Mäder † Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

72.5 Died Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. † Bishop of Vizagapatam, India

25.2 Ordained Priest Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez Priest Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México

23 Mar 56.7 Succeeded Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. † Bishop of Vizagapatam, India Bishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India

52.9 Appointed Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

52.9 Appointed Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Caffa Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

24 Mar Born Marin Barišic Vidonje Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia

Born Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot Eséka Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon

25 Mar 48.4 Ordained Bishop Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel † Titular Bishop of Myrina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France

48.8 Ordained Bishop Allen James Babcock † Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

46.6 Ordained Bishop Basile Khoury, B.S. † Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon

51.8 Ordained Bishop John Edward Petit † Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

34.2 Appointed Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. † Prefect of Garoua, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon

65.4 Appointed Thomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita) † Bishop of Yokohama, Japan Bishop Emeritus

26 Mar Born Richard Gerard Lennon Arlington, MA Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

27 Mar Born Ivo Baldi Gaburri Città di Castello Bishop of Huarí, Peru

59.0 Appointed Joseph Ferche † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

28 Mar 38.3 Appointed Zdzislaw Golinski † Coadjutor Bishop of Lublin, Poland Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

38.3 Appointed Zdzislaw Golinski † Titular Bishop of Hemeria Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland

36.6 Appointed Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † Prefect of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe

29 Mar 36.0 Appointed Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves † Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

36.0 Appointed Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves † Titular Bishop of Parnassus Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

30 Mar Born Jaime Vieira Rocha Tangará Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil

31 Mar Born Domenico Mogavero Castelbuono Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

Born Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. Milan, Italy Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey

1 Apr 78.6 Died Joaquim Antônio d'Almeida † Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil

2 Apr 66.4 Appointed Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana † Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain

66.4 Appointed Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana † Titular Bishop of Eressus Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain

3 Apr 66.5 Died Ferdinando Ricca † Bishop of Trapani, Italy

4 Apr Born Janvier Kataka Luvete Ngunda Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

5 Apr 23.1 Ordained Priest Luigi Amaducci Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy

25.3 Ordained Priest Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan

23.2 Ordained Priest Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli Priest Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy

24.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec Priest Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France

31.5 Ordained Priest Bernardino Piñera Carvallo Priest of Santiago de Chile Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile

23.9 Ordained Priest Dino Trabalzini † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

6 Apr Born Domenico Cancian, F.A.M. Mareno di Piave Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy

7 Apr 64.5 Died Aristides de Araújo Porto † Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil

8 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Thomas Joseph Connolly Priest of Reno, Nevada, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA

10 Apr 47.2 Appointed Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Laos, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

47.2 Appointed Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Cidyessus Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

47.0 Appointed Leo Ferdinand Dworschak † Auxiliary Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

56.8 Appointed Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Eguga Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco

57.7 Appointed William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. † Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus

47.6 Appointed Leonard Joseph Raymond † Bishop of Allahabad, India Archbishop of Nagpur, India

Born Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M. Guáscaro Michoacán Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México

58.0 Appointed Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

58.0 Appointed Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Gibba Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

74.1 Resigned Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

12 Apr 25.6 Ordained Priest Louis Antoine Marie Boffet † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France

13 Apr 53.7 Ordained Bishop Michal Klepacz † Bishop of Łódź, Poland

45.5 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Melas † Bishop of Nuoro, Italy

Born Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. † Evinayong Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea

35.3 Ordained Bishop Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

54.2 Ordained Bishop Paolo Ceslao Rydzewski † Titular Bishop of Chusira Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland

43.5 Ordained Bishop Domenico Savarese † Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy

Born Oscar Urbina Ortega Arboledas Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia

14 Apr Born Boniface Lele Kyangwithya Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya

15 Apr 50.0 Appointed Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship

68.3 Resigned Oscar Morin, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

16 Apr 28.2 Ordained Priest Hubert D'Rosario, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Shillong, India

Born Markijan Trofimiak Kozova Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine

18 Apr Born Manuel Sánchez Monge Fuentes de Nava Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain

19 Apr 50.7 Appointed Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot † Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

50.7 Appointed Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot † Titular Bishop of Cassandria Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

Born Terence John Gerard Brady Rose Bay Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia

20 Apr 53.7 Ordained Bishop Leopoldo Brellinger, S.J. † Bishop of Kinghsien [Jingxian], China

59.2 Ordained Bishop Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler † Titular Bishop of Calydon Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

21 Apr 25.5 Ordained Priest Adolfo Gerstner † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina

22 Apr Born Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré Serques Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France

80.0 Retired Etienne Fourcadier, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

Born Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I. Delmas Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada

Born Pawel Stobrawa Zborowskie Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland

Born Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T. Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabarese), India

23 Apr 50.4 Ordained Bishop Mark Kenny Carroll † Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

46.1 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. † Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh Archbishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh

40.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Carroll McCormick † Titular Bishop of Ruspae Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

24 Apr Born João Bráz de Aviz Matra Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

58.4 Appointed Aurelio del Pino Gómez † Bishop of Lérida, Spain Bishop Emeritus

45.0 Appointed André-Pierre-François Fauvel † Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Bishop Emeritus

Born Richard John Garcia San Francisco Bishop of Monterey in California, USA

45.5 Appointed Gabriel-Marie Garrone † Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

45.5 Appointed Gabriel-Marie Garrone † Titular Archbishop of Lemnus Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

60.3 Appointed Ángel Herrera Oria † Bishop of Málaga, Spain Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

51.1 Appointed Manuel Hurtado y García † Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain Bishop of Tarazona, Spain

51.3 Appointed Alfonso Ródenas García † Bishop of Almería, Spain

25 Apr Appointed Joseph du Bouchet, S.J. † Prefect of Fort-Lamy, Chad

Born Mariano José Parra Sandoval Maracaibo Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela

26 Apr 50.1 Confirmed Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. † Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship

27 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Arnulfo S. Arcilla † Priest Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines

58.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. † Titular Bishop of Aspendus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar

Born Patrick Kevin Lynch, SS.CC. Cork City, Ireland Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain

28 Apr 54.5 Appointed Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres † Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

30 Apr 63.4 Died Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. † Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)

35.4 Ordained Bishop Thomas Joseph McDonough † Titular Bishop of Thenae Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	23.7	Ordained Priest	Franco Gualdrini	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
25.4	Ordained Priest	Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L'Heureux †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Perpignan-Elne, France
28.7	Ordained Priest	António dos Reis Rodrigues	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lisboa, Portugal
25.0	Ordained Priest	Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan	Priest of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Fussala	Archbishop Emeritus of Tanger, Morocco
61.4	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Cammarata †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Franciszek Jedwabski †	Titular Bishop of Maxula Prates	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
81.0	Died	Leopoldo Precan †	Archbishop of Olomouc, Czech Republic
3 Mar		Born	Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.	Chicago, IL	Bishop of Peoria, Illinois, USA
5 Mar		Born	John Ha Tiong Hock	Kuching	Archbishop of Kuching, Malaysia
7 Mar	34.0	Appointed	Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia
	Born	Giuseppe Zenti	San Martino Buon Albergo	Bishop of Verona, Italy
8 Mar	58.1	Resigned	Joseph Bonhomme, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Basutoland, Lesotho	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Juan Vargas Aruquipa	Achacachi	Bishop of Coroico, Bolivia
9 Mar	87.0	Died	Cyrillo de Paula Freitas †	Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
10 Mar		Born	John 'Oke Afareha	Oleh	Auxiliary Bishop of Warri, Nigeria
52.0	Appointed	José Gabriel Anaya y Diez de Bonilla †	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México	Bishop Emeritus
35.3	Appointed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Augustine, Florida, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
35.3	Appointed	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
41.6	Appointed	Pasquale Quaremba †	Bishop of Anglona-Tursi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Gallipoli, Italy
56.5	Appointed	Angelo Rossini †	Archbishop of Amalfi, Italy
60.5	Appointed	Paolo Rota †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
60.5	Appointed	Paolo Rota †	Titular Bishop of Memphis	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
69.4	Appointed	Antonin Alois Weber †	Titular Archbishop of Samos	Bishop Emeritus of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
69.4	Resigned	Antonin Alois Weber †	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	46.9	Appointed	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop Emeritus
46.9	Appointed	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Drivastum	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
37.8	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Aliwal, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
37.8	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Lück, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Bishop Emeritus of Aliwal, South Africa
	Born	Guillermo Rodrigo Teodoro Ortiz Mondragón	Toluca	Bishop of Cuautitlán, México, México
	Born	Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R.	Estollo, Spain	Prelate of Chota, Peru
50.8	Appointed	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Manado, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
50.8	Appointed	Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Hermonthis	Bishop Emeritus of Manado, Indonesia
15 Mar	49.8	Installed	Germiniano Esorto †	Bishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
46.6	Appointed	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
16 Mar	41.9	Ordained Bishop	Secondo Chiocca †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Karol Pekala †	Titular Bishop of Trocmades	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
17 Mar	25.8	Ordained Priest	Caesar Gatimu †	Priest of Nyeri, Kenya	Bishop
65.6	Died	Thomas Henry McLaughlin †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA
	Born	Zelimir Puljic	Kamena	Bishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
18 Mar		Born	John Clayton Nienstedt	Detroit	Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
19 Mar	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Louis Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Sufetula	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
57.1	Appointed	Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez †	Apostolic Administrator of Copiapó, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
70.0	Appointed	Alessandro Evreinoff †	Titular Archbishop of Parium
31.4	Ordained Bishop	Denis Eugene Hurley, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Turuzi	Archbishop Emeritus of Durban, South Africa
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Lercaro †	Archbishop of Ravenna e Cervia, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Masterson †	Archbishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain
30.8	Ordained Priest	Karl-August Siegel †	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
20 Mar		Born	José Roberto Ospina Leongómez	San Miguel de Sema	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia
21 Mar	57.0	Appointed	Mario Zanin †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
22 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R. †	Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Prelate of Chuquibamba, Peru
45.1	Appointed	Floyd Lawrence Begin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
45.1	Appointed	Floyd Lawrence Begin †	Titular Bishop of Sala	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
70.6	Died	Joaquim Mamede da Silva Leite †	Auxiliary Bishop of Campinas, Brazil
56.3	Appointed	José Hascher, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate of Juruá, Acre, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	José Hascher, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Aeliae	Prelate Emeritus of Juruá, Acre, Brazil
28.9	Ordained Priest	Salvador Lazo Lazo †	Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of San Fernando de La Union, Philippines
25.4	Ordained Priest	Otmar Mäder †	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
72.5	Died	Pierre Rossillon, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Vizagapatam, India
25.2	Ordained Priest	Arturo Antonio Szymanski Ramírez	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México
23 Mar	56.7	Succeeded	Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. †	Bishop of Vizagapatam, India	Bishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
52.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
52.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Caffa	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
24 Mar		Born	Marin Barišic	Vidonje	Archbishop of Split-Makarska, Croatia
	Born	Simon-Victor Tonyé Bakot	Eséka	Archbishop of Yaoundé, Cameroon
25 Mar	48.4	Ordained Bishop	Alfred-Jean-Félix Ancel †	Titular Bishop of Myrina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lyon (-Vienne), France
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Allen James Babcock †	Titular Bishop of Irenopolis in Cilicia	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Basile Khoury, B.S. †	Bishop of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus of Saïda (Melkite), Lebanon
51.8	Ordained Bishop	John Edward Petit †	Bishop of Menevia, Wales, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
34.2	Appointed	Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Garoua, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Garoua, Cameroon
65.4	Appointed	Thomas Asagoro Wakida (Wakita) †	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan	Bishop Emeritus
26 Mar		Born	Richard Gerard Lennon	Arlington, MA	Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
27 Mar		Born	Ivo Baldi Gaburri	Città di Castello	Bishop of Huarí, Peru
59.0	Appointed	Joseph Ferche †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
28 Mar	38.3	Appointed	Zdzislaw Golinski †	Coadjutor Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
38.3	Appointed	Zdzislaw Golinski †	Titular Bishop of Hemeria	Bishop of Częstochowa, Poland
36.6	Appointed	Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †	Prefect of Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
29 Mar	36.0	Appointed	Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
36.0	Appointed	Daniel Tavares Baeta Neves †	Titular Bishop of Parnassus	Bishop of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 Mar		Born	Jaime Vieira Rocha	Tangará	Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba, Brazil
31 Mar		Born	Domenico Mogavero	Castelbuono	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
	Born	Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap.	Milan, Italy	Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia, Turkey
1 Apr	78.6	Died	Joaquim Antônio d'Almeida †	Bishop Emeritus of Natal, Brazil
2 Apr	66.4	Appointed	Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
66.4	Appointed	Zacarías de Vizcarra y Arana †	Titular Bishop of Eressus	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain
3 Apr	66.5	Died	Ferdinando Ricca †	Bishop of Trapani, Italy
4 Apr		Born	Janvier Kataka Luvete	Ngunda	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
5 Apr	23.1	Ordained Priest	Luigi Amaducci	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
25.3	Ordained Priest	Paolo Vieri Andreotti, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Faisalabad, Pakistan
23.2	Ordained Priest	Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Volterra, Italy
24.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Théophile Louis Marie Madec	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fréjus-Toulon, France
31.5	Ordained Priest	Bernardino Piñera Carvallo	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of La Serena, Chile
23.9	Ordained Priest	Dino Trabalzini †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
6 Apr		Born	Domenico Cancian, F.A.M.	Mareno di Piave	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
7 Apr	64.5	Died	Aristides de Araújo Porto †	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil
8 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Thomas Joseph Connolly	Priest of Reno, Nevada, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baker, Oregon, USA
10 Apr	47.2	Appointed	Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Laos, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
47.2	Appointed	Claude-Philippe Bayet, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Cidyessus	Bishop Emeritus of Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
47.0	Appointed	Leo Ferdinand Dworschak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
56.8	Appointed	Louis-François-Bienaimé-Amedée Lefèbvre, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Eguga	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco
57.7	Appointed	William Tibertus McCarty, C.SS.R. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
47.6	Appointed	Leonard Joseph Raymond †	Bishop of Allahabad, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
	Born	Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M.	Guáscaro Michoacán	Bishop of Tarahumara, Chihuahua, México
58.0	Appointed	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
58.0	Appointed	Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Gibba	Archbishop Emeritus of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
74.1	Resigned	Edouard van Goethem, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Coquilhatville, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
12 Apr	25.6	Ordained Priest	Louis Antoine Marie Boffet †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Montpellier (, Lodève, Béziers, Agde, e Saint-Pons-de-Thomières), France
13 Apr	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Michal Klepacz †	Bishop of Łódź, Poland
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Melas †	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy
	Born	Alfred Maria Oburu Asue, C.M.F. †	Evinayong	Bishop of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea
35.3	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano Pollio, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Kaifeng [Kaifeng], China	Archbishop Emeritus of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
54.2	Ordained Bishop	Paolo Ceslao Rydzewski †	Titular Bishop of Chusira	Auxiliary Bishop of Łomża, Poland
43.5	Ordained Bishop	Domenico Savarese †	Bishop of Vallo di Lucania, Italy
	Born	Oscar Urbina Ortega	Arboledas	Archbishop of Villavicencio, Colombia
14 Apr		Born	Boniface Lele	Kyangwithya	Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya
15 Apr	50.0	Appointed	Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
68.3	Resigned	Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo, Ghana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Apr	28.2	Ordained Priest	Hubert D'Rosario, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Shillong, India
	Born	Markijan Trofimiak	Kozova	Bishop of Lutsk, Ukraine
18 Apr		Born	Manuel Sánchez Monge	Fuentes de Nava	Bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol, Spain
19 Apr	50.7	Appointed	Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot †	Auxiliary Bishop of Besançon, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
50.7	Appointed	Georges-Stanislas-Jean Béjot †	Titular Bishop of Cassandria	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
	Born	Terence John Gerard Brady	Rose Bay	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
20 Apr	53.7	Ordained Bishop	Leopoldo Brellinger, S.J. †	Bishop of Kinghsien [Jingxian], China
59.2	Ordained Bishop	Johannes Baptist Neuhäusler †	Titular Bishop of Calydon	Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
21 Apr	25.5	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Gerstner †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Concordia, Argentina
22 Apr		Born	Pierre-Marie Joseph Carré	Serques	Archbishop of Albi (-Castres-Lavaur), France
80.0	Retired	Etienne Fourcadier, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Tananarive, Madagascar	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	Born	Sylvain Lavoie, O.M.I.	Delmas	Archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas, Manitoba, Canada
	Born	Pawel Stobrawa	Zborowskie	Auxiliary Bishop of Opole, Poland
	Born	Thomas Thuruthimattam, C.S.T.		Bishop of Gorakhpur (Syro-Malabarese), India
23 Apr	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Mark Kenny Carroll †	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
46.1	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Leo Graner, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Dacca, Bangladesh	Archbishop Emeritus of Dacca, Bangladesh
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Carroll McCormick †	Titular Bishop of Ruspae	Bishop Emeritus of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
24 Apr		Born	João Bráz de Aviz	Matra	Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
58.4	Appointed	Aurelio del Pino Gómez †	Bishop of Lérida, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
45.0	Appointed	André-Pierre-François Fauvel †	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Richard John Garcia	San Francisco	Bishop of Monterey in California, USA
45.5	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
45.5	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Titular Archbishop of Lemnus	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
60.3	Appointed	Ángel Herrera Oria †	Bishop of Málaga, Spain	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
51.1	Appointed	Manuel Hurtado y García †	Bishop of Tarazona (-Tudela), Spain	Bishop of Tarazona, Spain
51.3	Appointed	Alfonso Ródenas García †	Bishop of Almería, Spain
25 Apr		Appointed	Joseph du Bouchet, S.J. †	Prefect of Fort-Lamy, Chad
	Born	Mariano José Parra Sandoval	Maracaibo	Bishop of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
26 Apr	50.1	Confirmed	Benno Walter Gut, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship
27 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Arnulfo S. Arcilla †	Priest	Bishop of Sorsogon, Philippines
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Paul Futy, M.S. †	Titular Bishop of Aspendus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
	Born	Patrick Kevin Lynch, SS.CC.	Cork City, Ireland	Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain
28 Apr	54.5	Appointed	Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
30 Apr	63.4	Died	Joseph-Marie Birraux, M. Afr. †	Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
35.4	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Joseph McDonough †	Titular Bishop of Thenae	Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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