The Year of Our Lord 1952

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

3 Mar 60.5 Appointed Rosalvo Costa Rêgo † Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

43.1 Appointed Helder Pessoa Câmara † Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

43.1 Appointed Helder Pessoa Câmara † Titular Bishop of Saldae Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

4 Mar 49.7 Appointed Maurice Baudoux † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

49.7 Appointed Maurice Baudoux † Titular Archbishop of Preslavus Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada

57.5 Appointed Daniel Joseph Feeney † Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Bishop

47.5 Appointed Luís Victor Sartori † Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

5 Mar Born Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez Valle de Santiago Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México

42.7 Appointed Antonio José Frondosa † Bishop of Capiz, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Capiz, Philippines

51.7 Appointed Manuel Yap † Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines

6 Mar 39.9 Ordained Bishop Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Avensa Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania

7 Mar 43.2 Appointed Guillermo Escobar Vélez † Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

43.2 Appointed Guillermo Escobar Vélez † Titular Bishop of Attuda Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

62.3 Confirmed Jules Georges Kandela † Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

Born Dominique François Joseph Mamberti Marrakesh, Morocco Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State

Born Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J. San Andrés de Giles Bishop of Azul, Argentina

8 Mar 25.5 Ordained Priest Mario L. Baltazar, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines

27.1 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Décoste † Priest Bishop of Hinche, Haïti

74.1 Died Cirillo Rodolfo Jarre, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Tsinan [Jinan], China

23.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Mercieca Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Malta

25.2 Ordained Priest Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera † Priest of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

23.6 Ordained Priest Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Priest of San José de Costa Rica Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

9 Mar Born Pietro Maria Fragnelli Crispiano Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy

53.5 Ordained Bishop Niclas Kujur, S.J. † Bishop of Ranchi, India Archbishop of Ranchi, India

56.8 Ordained Bishop Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. † Bishop of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy

11 Mar 44.4 Appointed Sergio Méndez Arceo † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 40.5 Appointed Bryan Gallagher † Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia Bishop Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Etienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

43.9 Appointed Etienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Amaura Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos

85.2 Died Jenaro Méndez del Río † Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México

79.5 Died Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano † Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

15 Mar 71.9 Died Wilhelm Burger † Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

16 Mar 23.6 Ordained Priest Francesco Saverio Salerno Priest Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura

18 Mar 39.3 Appointed Luis do Amaral Mousinho † Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

46.0 Appointed Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech † Bishop of Carcassonne, France Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 47.7 Installed Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

46.8 Ordained Bishop Ambrose De Battista, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Vijayawada, India Bishop Emeritus

71.0 Died Viktor Bieler † Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland

49.5 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Binni † Bishop of Nola, Italy

45.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mark McShea † Titular Bishop of Mina Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

34.7 Appointed Francisco Orozco Lomelín † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

34.7 Appointed Francisco Orozco Lomelín † Titular Bishop of Vita Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

20 Mar Born Mario Antonio Cargnello San Fernando del Vale de Catamarca Archbishop of Salta, Argentina

62.4 Appointed Amerigo Galbiati, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India Bishop Emeritus

55.2 Appointed Raymond Larose, C.S.C. † Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh Bishop Emeritus

80.3 Died Albino Morera † Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy

21 Mar 55.2 Appointed George Daniel Breen, C.S.C. † Prefect of Haflong, India Prefect Emeritus

23 Mar Born Peter Louis Cakü Nali Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar

24 Mar 44.1 Appointed Paolo Bertoli † Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

44.1 Appointed Paolo Bertoli † Apostolic Delegate to Turkey Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

25 Mar 41.7 Ordained Bishop Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.Cr. † Titular Bishop of Stectorium Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia

52.0 Ordained Bishop Heinrich Baaken † Titular Bishop of Gordus Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany

25.8 Ordained Priest Basil Salvadore D'Souza † Priest Bishop of Mangalore, India

58.0 Ordained Bishop Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. † Titular Bishop of Lagania Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

49.1 Ordained Bishop Lambert Anthony Hoch † Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

50.2 Ordained Bishop André Jacquemin † Titular Bishop of Cartennae Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

28 Mar 58.4 Appointed John Joseph Boardman † Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

58.4 Appointed John Joseph Boardman † Titular Bishop of Gunela Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

43.3 Appointed Giovanni Francesco Dadone † Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy Bishop of Fossano, Italy

Appointed Adam Grossi, P.M.E. † Prefect of Malda, India

Appointed James Ireland, M.H.M. † Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

29 Mar 23.1 Ordained Priest Nikol Joseph Cauchi Priest of Gozo, Malta Bishop Emeritus

53.1 Succeeded Agostino D'Arco † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

30.0 Ordained Priest Hans Leo Drewes † Priest of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

26.8 Ordained Priest Protacio G. Gungon Priest of Manila, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines

29.1 Ordained Priest Leonard Hsu Ying-fa, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan

23.0 Ordained Priest José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. † Priest of Congregation of the Passion Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru

28.0 Ordained Priest Bienvenido M. Lopez † Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines

30.1 Ordained Priest André Nguyên Van Nam † Priest Bishop Emeritus of My Tho, Viêt Nam

25.7 Ordained Priest Giulio Nicolini † Priest of Lugano, Switzerland Bishop of Cremona, Italy

73.7 Appointed Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Bishop

26.4 Ordained Priest Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat Priest Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France

24.0 Ordained Priest Paul-Werner Scheele Priest of Paderborn, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany

26.3 Ordained Priest Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

84.2 Died François Steinmetz, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin

30 Mar Born Jose F. Advincula Dumalag Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines

69.5 Ordained Bishop Mate Garkovic † Titular Bishop of Adrasus Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia

1 Apr 57.3 Appointed José Villalón Mercado † Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

57.3 Appointed José Villalón Mercado † Titular Bishop of Hermiana Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

3 Apr 52.9 Succeeded Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, S.O.C. † Archbishop of Catania, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Born Peter Martin Musikuwa Kalimtulo Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi

82.5 Died Carmelo Patané † Archbishop of Catania, Italy

6 Apr 73.3 Died Oscar Morin, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana

8 Apr 80.4 Died Franz Kamprath † Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

10 Apr Born Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia Lima Bishop of Tarma, Peru

Born Johannes Gorantla † Managalapalli Bishop of Kurnool, India

Born Robert Michael Miranda Kirem Bishop of Gulbarga, India

12 Apr 84.1 Died Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

25.0 Ordained Priest Roger-Alfred Despatie † Priest of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada

25.2 Ordained Priest Paolo Giglio Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of

65.7 Died Alfredo Le Pailleur, C.S.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh

26.1 Ordained Priest Luigi de Magistris Priest of Cagliari, Italy Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

23.1 Ordained Priest Pier Giacomo De Nicolò Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland

81.3 Appointed Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Titular Bishop of Sigus Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

81.3 Retired Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Bishop of Versailles, France Bishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Donato Squicciarini † Priest Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria

13 Apr 25.2 Ordained Priest Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B. Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

23.5 Ordained Priest Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández † Priest of Santiago de Cuba Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

Born Sebastianappan Singaroyan Mel Kathadikuppam Bishop of Salem, India

14 Apr 70.5 Died Giacomo Luigi (James Louis) Cheng † Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand

Born Dirceu Vegini Massaranduba Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

16 Apr 79.6 Appointed Federico Emmanuel (Emanuel), S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Aezani Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

79.6 Retired Federico Emmanuel (Emanuel), S.D.B. † Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 42.0 Appointed Carlo Ferrari † Bishop of Monopoli, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy

18 Apr 46.1 Appointed Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Photice Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil

46.1 Appointed Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. † Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

Born António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P. Vila Boa do Bispo Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal

59.0 Appointed José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Prelate of Rio Branco, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil

59.0 Appointed José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Elo Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil

19 Apr 65.9 Appointed Michele Fontevecchia † Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy

65.9 Resigned Michele Fontevecchia † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

60.5 Appointed Giacomo Lercaro † Archbishop of Bologna, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

46.8 Succeeded Biagio Musto † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy

Born Christopher Henry Toohey Balmain Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia

20 Apr 40.3 Ordained Bishop Ernesto Çoba † Titular Bishop of Midaëum Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania

Ordained Bishop Pietro Dema † Titular Bishop of Apollonias

45.8 Appointed Carlos Luis Geromini † Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

Born Robert Francis Hennessey South Boston Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

43.2 Ordained Bishop Helder Pessoa Câmara † Titular Bishop of Saldae Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

37.3 Ordained Bishop Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. † Titular Bishop of Thapsus Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia

21 Apr 67.1 Died Antonio Picconi † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

23 Apr 46.2 Appointed Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Archbishop

46.2 Appointed Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco † Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

43.5 Appointed Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco † Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

70.0 Appointed Johannes Baptist Geisler † Titular Archbishop of Odessus Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

70.0 Resigned Johannes Baptist Geisler † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

84.4 Appointed Nicolás Eugenio Navarro † Titular Archbishop of Carpathus Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

81.3 Appointed Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin † Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France

25 Apr Born Stanislaw Budzik Lekawica Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland

26 Apr 24.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Louis Bernardin † Priest of Charleston, South Carolina, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

35.2 Appointed Joseph Gargitter † Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy

49.1 Appointed Fortunato Zoppas † Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 39.3 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Bukatko † Titular Bishop of Severiana Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

50.2 Ordained Bishop Pedro Cantero Cuadrado † Bishop of Barbastro, Spain Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain

43.3 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Escobar Vélez † Titular Bishop of Attuda Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

27.4 Ordained Priest Jean Gratton Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

57.3 Ordained Bishop Luigi Pirelli † Bishop of Andria, Italy Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy

41.2 Ordained Bishop Aleksandar Tokic † Titular Archbishop of Bizya Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro

28 Apr 47.5 Appointed Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Apostolic Internuncio to Japan Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

29 Apr Born Edgardo Sarabia Juanich Taytay Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines

30 Apr 40.7 Ordained Bishop Francis Joseph Klein † Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

44.5 Ordained Bishop Sergio Méndez Arceo † Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
3 Mar	60.5	Appointed	Rosalvo Costa Rêgo †	Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
43.1	Appointed	Helder Pessoa Câmara †	Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
43.1	Appointed	Helder Pessoa Câmara †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
4 Mar	49.7	Appointed	Maurice Baudoux †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
49.7	Appointed	Maurice Baudoux †	Titular Archbishop of Preslavus	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
57.5	Appointed	Daniel Joseph Feeney †	Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Bishop
47.5	Appointed	Luís Victor Sartori †	Bishop of Montes Claros, Brazil	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
5 Mar		Born	Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez	Valle de Santiago	Bishop of Tehuacán, Puebla, México
42.7	Appointed	Antonio José Frondosa †	Bishop of Capiz, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Capiz, Philippines
51.7	Appointed	Manuel Yap †	Bishop of Bacolod, Philippines
6 Mar	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Lanctôt, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Avensa	Bishop of Rulenge, Tanzania
7 Mar	43.2	Appointed	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antioquía, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
43.2	Appointed	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
62.3	Confirmed	Jules Georges Kandela †	Archbishop of Mossul (Syrian), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Dominique François Joseph Mamberti	Marrakesh, Morocco	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State
	Born	Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J.	San Andrés de Giles	Bishop of Azul, Argentina
8 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Mario L. Baltazar, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Prelate Emeritus of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
27.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Décoste †	Priest	Bishop of Hinche, Haïti
74.1	Died	Cirillo Rodolfo Jarre, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Tsinan [Jinan], China
23.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mercieca	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
25.2	Ordained Priest	Adolfo Antonio Suárez Rivera †	Priest of Chiapas (Ciudad Real de Chiapas), Chiapas, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
23.6	Ordained Priest	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Priest of San José de Costa Rica	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
9 Mar		Born	Pietro Maria Fragnelli	Crispiano	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Niclas Kujur, S.J. †	Bishop of Ranchi, India	Archbishop of Ranchi, India
56.8	Ordained Bishop	Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Lanciano e Ortona, Italy
11 Mar	44.4	Appointed	Sergio Méndez Arceo †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	40.5	Appointed	Bryan Gallagher †	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Etienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane, Laos	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
43.9	Appointed	Etienne-Auguste-Germain Loosdregt, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Amaura	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Vientiane, Laos
85.2	Died	Jenaro Méndez del Río †	Bishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
79.5	Died	Giovanni Battista Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Mar	71.9	Died	Wilhelm Burger †	Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
16 Mar	23.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Saverio Salerno	Priest	Secretary Emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura
18 Mar	39.3	Appointed	Luis do Amaral Mousinho †	Bishop of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
46.0	Appointed	Pierre-Marie-Joseph Puech †	Bishop of Carcassonne, France	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	47.7	Installed	Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior †	Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil	Archbishop of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
46.8	Ordained Bishop	Ambrose De Battista, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Vijayawada, India	Bishop Emeritus
71.0	Died	Viktor Bieler †	Bishop of Sion {Sitten}, Switzerland
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Binni †	Bishop of Nola, Italy
45.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mark McShea †	Titular Bishop of Mina	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
34.7	Appointed	Francisco Orozco Lomelín †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
34.7	Appointed	Francisco Orozco Lomelín †	Titular Bishop of Vita	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
20 Mar		Born	Mario Antonio Cargnello	San Fernando del Vale de Catamarca	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
62.4	Appointed	Amerigo Galbiati, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India	Bishop Emeritus
55.2	Appointed	Raymond Larose, C.S.C. †	Bishop of Chittagong, Bangladesh	Bishop Emeritus
80.3	Died	Albino Morera †	Bishop Emeritus of Ampurias e Tempio, Italy
21 Mar	55.2	Appointed	George Daniel Breen, C.S.C. †	Prefect of Haflong, India	Prefect Emeritus
23 Mar		Born	Peter Louis Cakü	Nali	Bishop of Kengtung, Myanmar
24 Mar	44.1	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
44.1	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Apostolic Delegate to Turkey	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
25 Mar	41.7	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Marin Arntz, O.S.Cr. †	Titular Bishop of Stectorium	Bishop of Bandung, Indonesia
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Heinrich Baaken †	Titular Bishop of Gordus	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
25.8	Ordained Priest	Basil Salvadore D'Souza †	Priest	Bishop of Mangalore, India
58.0	Ordained Bishop	Xavier Geeraerts, M. Afr. †	Titular Bishop of Lagania	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Lambert Anthony Hoch †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
50.2	Ordained Bishop	André Jacquemin †	Titular Bishop of Cartennae	Bishop Emeritus of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
28 Mar	58.4	Appointed	John Joseph Boardman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
58.4	Appointed	John Joseph Boardman †	Titular Bishop of Gunela	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
43.3	Appointed	Giovanni Francesco Dadone †	Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy	Bishop of Fossano, Italy
	Appointed	Adam Grossi, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Malda, India
	Appointed	James Ireland, M.H.M. †	Prefect of Falkland Islands o Malvinas, Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
29 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Nikol Joseph Cauchi	Priest of Gozo, Malta	Bishop Emeritus
53.1	Succeeded	Agostino D'Arco †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
30.0	Ordained Priest	Hans Leo Drewes †	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
26.8	Ordained Priest	Protacio G. Gungon	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Antipolo, Philippines
29.1	Ordained Priest	Leonard Hsu Ying-fa, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Taipei, Taiwan
23.0	Ordained Priest	José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. †	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Moyobamba, Peru
28.0	Ordained Priest	Bienvenido M. Lopez †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Manila, Philippines
30.1	Ordained Priest	André Nguyên Van Nam †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of My Tho, Viêt Nam
25.7	Ordained Priest	Giulio Nicolini †	Priest of Lugano, Switzerland	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
73.7	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Peruzzo, C.P. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Bishop
26.4	Ordained Priest	Jacques Marie Sébastien de Saint-Blanquat	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Montauban, France
24.0	Ordained Priest	Paul-Werner Scheele	Priest of Paderborn, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Würzburg, Germany
26.3	Ordained Priest	Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
84.2	Died	François Steinmetz, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Dahomey, Benin
30 Mar		Born	Jose F. Advincula	Dumalag	Bishop of San Carlos, Philippines
69.5	Ordained Bishop	Mate Garkovic †	Titular Bishop of Adrasus	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia
1 Apr	57.3	Appointed	José Villalón Mercado †	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
57.3	Appointed	José Villalón Mercado †	Titular Bishop of Hermiana	Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
3 Apr	52.9	Succeeded	Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, S.O.C. †	Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Peter Martin Musikuwa	Kalimtulo	Bishop of Chikwawa, Malawi
82.5	Died	Carmelo Patané †	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
6 Apr	73.3	Died	Oscar Morin, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Navrongo, Ghana
8 Apr	80.4	Died	Franz Kamprath †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
10 Apr		Born	Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia	Lima	Bishop of Tarma, Peru
	Born	Johannes Gorantla †	Managalapalli	Bishop of Kurnool, India
	Born	Robert Michael Miranda	Kirem	Bishop of Gulbarga, India
12 Apr	84.1	Died	Auguste-Joseph-Marie Cogneau †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
25.0	Ordained Priest	Roger-Alfred Despatie †	Priest of Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Hearst, Ontario, Canada
25.2	Ordained Priest	Paolo Giglio	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
65.7	Died	Alfredo Le Pailleur, C.S.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Chittagong, Bangladesh
26.1	Ordained Priest	Luigi de Magistris	Priest of Cagliari, Italy	Pro-Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
23.1	Ordained Priest	Pier Giacomo De Nicolò	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
81.3	Appointed	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Titular Bishop of Sigus	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
81.3	Retired	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Bishop of Versailles, France	Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Donato Squicciarini †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
13 Apr	25.2	Ordained Priest	Jean Pierre XVIII Kasparian, I.C.P.B.	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
23.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Ricardo Oves Fernández †	Priest of Santiago de Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
	Born	Sebastianappan Singaroyan	Mel Kathadikuppam	Bishop of Salem, India
14 Apr	70.5	Died	Giacomo Luigi (James Louis) Cheng †	Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand
	Born	Dirceu Vegini	Massaranduba	Auxiliary Bishop of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
16 Apr	79.6	Appointed	Federico Emmanuel (Emanuel), S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
79.6	Retired	Federico Emmanuel (Emanuel), S.D.B. †	Bishop of Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	42.0	Appointed	Carlo Ferrari †	Bishop of Monopoli, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
18 Apr	46.1	Appointed	Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Photice	Prelate Emeritus of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil
46.1	Appointed	Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. †	Prelate of Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
	Born	António José da Rocha Couto, S.M.P.	Vila Boa do Bispo	Auxiliary Bishop of Braga, Portugal
59.0	Appointed	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Prelate of Rio Branco, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
59.0	Appointed	José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Elo	Prelate Emeritus of Roraima, Roraima, Brazil
19 Apr	65.9	Appointed	Michele Fontevecchia †	Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia	Bishop Emeritus of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
65.9	Resigned	Michele Fontevecchia †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
60.5	Appointed	Giacomo Lercaro †	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
46.8	Succeeded	Biagio Musto †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
	Born	Christopher Henry Toohey	Balmain	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Australia
20 Apr	40.3	Ordained Bishop	Ernesto Çoba †	Titular Bishop of Midaëum	Apostolic Administrator of Shkodrë, Albania
	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Dema †	Titular Bishop of Apollonias
45.8	Appointed	Carlos Luis Geromini †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Robert Francis Hennessey	South Boston	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
43.2	Ordained Bishop	Helder Pessoa Câmara †	Titular Bishop of Saldae	Archbishop Emeritus of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
37.3	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Torasso, I.M.C. †	Titular Bishop of Thapsus	Vicar Apostolic of Florencia, Colombia
21 Apr	67.1	Died	Antonio Picconi †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
23 Apr	46.2	Appointed	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela	Archbishop
46.2	Appointed	Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco †	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Cilicia	Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
43.5	Appointed	Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco †	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
70.0	Appointed	Johannes Baptist Geisler †	Titular Archbishop of Odessus	Bishop Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
70.0	Resigned	Johannes Baptist Geisler †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
84.4	Appointed	Nicolás Eugenio Navarro †	Titular Archbishop of Carpathus	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
81.3	Appointed	Benjamin-Octave Roland-Gosselin †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Bishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
25 Apr		Born	Stanislaw Budzik	Lekawica	Auxiliary Bishop of Tarnów, Poland
26 Apr	24.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Priest of Charleston, South Carolina, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
35.2	Appointed	Joseph Gargitter †	Bishop of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Bolzano-Bressanone {Bozen-Brixen}, Italy
49.1	Appointed	Fortunato Zoppas †	Bishop of Nocera de’ Pagani, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	39.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Bukatko †	Titular Bishop of Severiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Cantero Cuadrado †	Bishop of Barbastro, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus of Zaragoza, Spain
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Escobar Vélez †	Titular Bishop of Attuda	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
27.4	Ordained Priest	Jean Gratton	Priest of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Pirelli †	Bishop of Andria, Italy	Bishop of Sovana-Pitigliano, Italy
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Aleksandar Tokic †	Titular Archbishop of Bizya	Archbishop of Bar (Antivari), Montenegro
28 Apr	47.5	Appointed	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Apostolic Internuncio to Japan	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
29 Apr		Born	Edgardo Sarabia Juanich	Taytay	Vicar Apostolic of Taytay, Philippines
30 Apr	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Klein †	Bishop of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	Bishop of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Sergio Méndez Arceo †	Bishop of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México	Bishop Emeritus

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