The Year of Our Lord 1954

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 51.2 Appointed Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I. † Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 49.6 Appointed Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. † Bishop of Meru, Kenya

6 Mar 76.9 Died Massimo Massimi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

7 Mar 27.9 Ordained Priest Sydney Anicetus Charles Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles

Born Guido Zendron Lisignago, Italy Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil

8 Mar 56.0 Appointed Francesco Fasola † Coadjutor Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy

56.0 Appointed Francesco Fasola † Titular Bishop of Vartana Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy

10 Mar 86.4 Died Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada

12 Mar 74.2 Appointed John Joseph Swint † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA Bishop

13 Mar 25.5 Ordained Priest Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi

28.5 Ordained Priest Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo Priest Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

24.7 Ordained Priest Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M. Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea

24.2 Ordained Priest Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia

24.2 Ordained Priest Arnaldo Ribeiro Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.5 Ordained Priest Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy

14 Mar 24.2 Ordained Priest Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P. Priest of Congregation of the Passion Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia

47.1 Ordained Bishop William J. Philbin † Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

18 Mar Born Giambattista Diquattro Bologna, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

44.1 Appointed Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba † Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador

19 Mar 53.2 Installed Josef Schoiswohl † Bishop of Seckau, Austria Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria

20 Mar 78.7 Appointed Giuseppe Bruno † Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

68.3 Appointed Pietro Ciriaci † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

23 Mar 55.8 Appointed Allen James Babcock † Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

24 Mar 75.7 Died Francesco Hoowaarts, S.V.D. † Bishop of Tsaochow [Caozhou, Heze], China

46.8 Appointed Clarence George Issenmann † Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Clarence George Issenmann † Titular Bishop of Phytea Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA

25 Mar 54.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph John Annabring † Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA

54.5 Appointed Giuseppe Garneri † Auxiliary Bishop of Susa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

54.5 Appointed Giuseppe Garneri † Titular Bishop of Utica Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy

40.0 Ordained Bishop Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M. Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

27 Mar 53.3 Appointed Justin Joseph McCarthy † Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

53.3 Appointed Justin Joseph McCarthy † Titular Bishop of Doberus Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA

54.4 Appointed Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier † Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar Appointed Igino Gamboa, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Aguarico, Ecuador

31 Mar 41.4 Appointed Pablo Barrachina Estevan † Bishop of Orihuela, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain

2 Apr Appointed Paul Tch'ang † Apostolic Administrator of Szepingkai [Siping], China

3 Apr 22.8 Ordained Priest Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte Priest Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil

24.4 Ordained Priest Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad † Priest Bishop of Maasin, Philippines

24.0 Ordained Priest Ivo Fürer Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Bishop Emeritus

24.9 Ordained Priest Jacques André Marie Jullien Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France

24.9 Ordained Priest Johannes Kapp Priest of Fulda, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

23.3 Ordained Priest Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

25.6 Ordained Priest Jaime Lachica Sin † Priest of Jaro, Philippines Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

26.3 Ordained Priest John Nicholas Wurm † Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA

4 Apr 58.9 Appointed Abdallah Nujaim † Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon Bishop Emeritus

5 Apr 44.4 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

44.4 Appointed José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios † Titular Bishop of Amisus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México

69.8 Appointed Costantine Bohacevskyj † Archbishop (Personal Title) of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

69.8 Appointed Costantine Bohacevskyj † Titular Archbishop of Beroë Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA

Born Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P. San Juan (Siquijor) Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

95.7 Died Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre † Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México

58.8 Succeeded Luis Guízar y Barragán † Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México Bishop Emeritus

Born Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca Santiago de Chile Bishop of Talca, Chile

6 Apr 50.4 Appointed Joseph Maria Pernicone † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Joseph Maria Pernicone † Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

8 Apr 52.1 Appointed Antonio Bagnoli † Bishop of Fiesole, Italy Bishop Emeritus

9 Apr 48.9 Appointed Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. † Apostolic Administrator of Yenki [Yanji], China Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tokwon {Tokugen}, Korea (South)

10 Apr 45.5 Appointed Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

45.5 Appointed Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Risinium Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

51.8 Appointed John MacCarthy, S.M.A. † Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria

43.8 Appointed John J. Reddington, S.M.A. † Bishop of Jos, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed John Joseph U Win † Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay, Myanmar Archbishop

52.5 Appointed John Joseph U Win † Titular Bishop of Lete Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar

11 Apr 27.7 Ordained Priest Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina

12 Apr Born Hugo Norberto Santiago María Juana Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina

13 Apr Born Michael Owen Jackels Rapid City, SD Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA

15 Apr 63.4 Resigned Martin Joseph-Honoré LaJeunesse, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

16 Apr 54.8 Appointed François Ayoub † Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria

44.3 Appointed Elie Farah † Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus Archbishop Emeritus

52.3 Appointed David Mathew † Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

17 Apr 25.4 Ordained Priest Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

26.6 Ordained Priest Michel Louis Coloni Priest of Paris, France Archbishop Emeritus of Dijon, France

27.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Marie Lustiger † Priest of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

23.7 Ordained Priest José Mario Ruiz Navas Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador

18 Apr 24.2 Ordained Priest Ugo Donato Bianchi † Priest Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

77.2 Died Arthur Alfred Sinnott † Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

20 Apr Born Carlo Chenis, S.D.B. Torino Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy

22 Apr 45.2 Ordained Bishop Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal † Titular Bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India

Born Djura Džudžar Djurdjevo Exarch of Serbia e Montenegro (Byzantine), Serbia

23 Apr Appointed José de Jesús Arango, O.F.M. † Prefect of Guapi, Colombia

45.1 Appointed Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. † Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia

24 Apr 46.6 Appointed Mario Longo Dorni † Bishop of Pistoia, Italy

32.3 Ordained Priest Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru † Priest of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Archbishop Emeritus

Born Anthony Basil Taylor Fort Worth, TX Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

56.1 Appointed Benjamin Ibberson Webster † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr 44.9 Ordained Bishop José Armando Gutiérrez Granier † Titular Bishop of Pionia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

26 Apr 46.0 Ordained Bishop Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. † Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa

Born Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo Cocos Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27 Apr 76.3 Appointed Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R. † Titular Bishop of Plataea Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil

76.3 Retired Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R. † Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28 Apr Born Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J. Madrid, Spain Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala

68.7 Died Wendelin Rauch † Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	51.2	Appointed	Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, M.I. †	Bishop of Santa Ana, El Salvador	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	49.6	Appointed	Lorenzo Bessone, I.M.C. †	Bishop of Meru, Kenya
6 Mar	76.9	Died	Massimo Massimi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
7 Mar	27.9	Ordained Priest	Sydney Anicetus Charles	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saint George’s in Grenada, Grenada, Antilles
	Born	Guido Zendron	Lisignago, Italy	Bishop of Paulo Afonso, Baia, Brazil
8 Mar	56.0	Appointed	Francesco Fasola †	Coadjutor Bishop of Agrigento (Girgenti), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
56.0	Appointed	Francesco Fasola †	Titular Bishop of Vartana	Archbishop Emeritus of Messina, Italy
10 Mar	86.4	Died	Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada
12 Mar	74.2	Appointed	John Joseph Swint †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Wheeling, West Virginia, USA	Bishop
13 Mar	25.5	Ordained Priest	Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Mangochi, Malawi
28.5	Ordained Priest	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo	Priest	Cardinal, Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
24.7	Ordained Priest	Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, S.M.M.	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Bereina, Papua New Guinea
24.2	Ordained Priest	Manuel Eguiguren Galarraga, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of El Beni o Beni, Bolivia
24.2	Ordained Priest	Arnaldo Ribeiro	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.5	Ordained Priest	Oscar Serfilippi, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Jesi, Italy
14 Mar	24.2	Ordained Priest	Jesús Agustín López de Lama, C.P.	Priest of Congregation of the Passion	Prelate Emeritus of Corocoro, Bolivia
47.1	Ordained Bishop	William J. Philbin †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
18 Mar		Born	Giambattista Diquattro	Bologna, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
44.1	Appointed	Leonidas Eduardo Proaño Villalba †	Bishop of Bolivar, Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Riobamba, Ecuador
19 Mar	53.2	Installed	Josef Schoiswohl †	Bishop of Seckau, Austria	Bishop Emeritus of Graz-Seckau, Austria
20 Mar	78.7	Appointed	Giuseppe Bruno †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
68.3	Appointed	Pietro Ciriaci †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
23 Mar	55.8	Appointed	Allen James Babcock †	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
24 Mar	75.7	Died	Francesco Hoowaarts, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Tsaochow [Caozhou, Heze], China
46.8	Appointed	Clarence George Issenmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Clarence George Issenmann †	Titular Bishop of Phytea	Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland, Ohio, USA
25 Mar	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph John Annabring †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA
54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Garneri †	Auxiliary Bishop of Susa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
54.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Garneri †	Titular Bishop of Utica	Bishop Emeritus of Susa, Italy
40.0	Ordained Bishop	Jan van Cauwelaert, C.I.C.M.	Titular Bishop of Metropolis in Asia	Bishop Emeritus of Inongo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
27 Mar	53.3	Appointed	Justin Joseph McCarthy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
53.3	Appointed	Justin Joseph McCarthy †	Titular Bishop of Doberus	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA
54.4	Appointed	Paul-Pierre-Marie-Joseph Pinier †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar		Appointed	Igino Gamboa, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Aguarico, Ecuador
31 Mar	41.4	Appointed	Pablo Barrachina Estevan †	Bishop of Orihuela, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
2 Apr		Appointed	Paul Tch'ang †	Apostolic Administrator of Szepingkai [Siping], China
3 Apr	22.8	Ordained Priest	Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of São Luís do Maranhão, Maranho, Brazil
24.4	Ordained Priest	Vicente Ataviado y Tumalad †	Priest	Bishop of Maasin, Philippines
24.0	Ordained Priest	Ivo Fürer	Priest of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland	Bishop Emeritus
24.9	Ordained Priest	Jacques André Marie Jullien	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Rennes (, Dol, e Saint-Malo), France
24.9	Ordained Priest	Johannes Kapp	Priest of Fulda, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
23.3	Ordained Priest	Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
25.6	Ordained Priest	Jaime Lachica Sin †	Priest of Jaro, Philippines	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
26.3	Ordained Priest	John Nicholas Wurm †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Belleville, Illinois, USA
4 Apr	58.9	Appointed	Abdallah Nujaim †	Bishop of Baalbek (Maronite), Lebanon	Bishop Emeritus
5 Apr	44.4	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Auxiliary Bishop of Antequera, Oaxaca, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
44.4	Appointed	José de Jesús Clemens Alba Palacios †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antequera, Oaxaca, México
69.8	Appointed	Costantine Bohacevskyj †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of United States of America, Faithful of the Oriental Rite (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
69.8	Appointed	Costantine Bohacevskyj †	Titular Archbishop of Beroë	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	Born	Edwin de la Peña y Angot, M.S.P.	San Juan (Siquijor)	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
95.7	Died	Jesús María Echavarría y Aguirre †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
58.8	Succeeded	Luis Guízar y Barragán †	Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila, México	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca	Santiago de Chile	Bishop of Talca, Chile
6 Apr	50.4	Appointed	Joseph Maria Pernicone †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Joseph Maria Pernicone †	Titular Bishop of Hadrianopolis in Honoriade	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
8 Apr	52.1	Appointed	Antonio Bagnoli †	Bishop of Fiesole, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
9 Apr	48.9	Appointed	Timotheus (Franz Xaver) Bitterli, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Yenki [Yanji], China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Tokwon {Tokugen}, Korea (South)
10 Apr	45.5	Appointed	Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Berbérati, Central African Republic	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
45.5	Appointed	Alphonse-Célestin-Basile Baud, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Risinium	Bishop Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
51.8	Appointed	John MacCarthy, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Kaduna, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Kaduna, Nigeria
43.8	Appointed	John J. Reddington, S.M.A. †	Bishop of Jos, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	John Joseph U Win †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mandalay, Myanmar	Archbishop
52.5	Appointed	John Joseph U Win †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Archbishop of Mandalay, Myanmar
11 Apr	27.7	Ordained Priest	Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina
12 Apr		Born	Hugo Norberto Santiago	María Juana	Bishop of Santo Tomé, Argentina
13 Apr		Born	Michael Owen Jackels	Rapid City, SD	Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA
15 Apr	63.4	Resigned	Martin Joseph-Honoré LaJeunesse, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Keewatin, Manitoba, Canada	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Apr	54.8	Appointed	François Ayoub †	Archbishop of Alep (Maronite), Syria
44.3	Appointed	Elie Farah †	Archbishop of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus	Archbishop Emeritus
52.3	Appointed	David Mathew †	Vicar Apostolic of Great Britain, Military	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
17 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez	Priest of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
26.6	Ordained Priest	Michel Louis Coloni	Priest of Paris, France	Archbishop Emeritus of Dijon, France
27.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Marie Lustiger †	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23.7	Ordained Priest	José Mario Ruiz Navas	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Portoviejo, Ecuador
18 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Priest	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
77.2	Died	Arthur Alfred Sinnott †	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
20 Apr		Born	Carlo Chenis, S.D.B.	Torino	Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia, Italy
22 Apr	45.2	Ordained Bishop	Athanasios Cheriyan Polachirakal †	Titular Bishop of Sarepta dei Maroniti	Bishop of Tiruvalla (Malankarese), India
	Born	Djura Džudžar	Djurdjevo	Exarch of Serbia e Montenegro (Byzantine), Serbia
23 Apr		Appointed	José de Jesús Arango, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guapi, Colombia
45.1	Appointed	Luis Francisco Irizar Salazar, O.C.D. †	Prefect of Tumaco, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic of Tumaco, Colombia
24 Apr	46.6	Appointed	Mario Longo Dorni †	Bishop of Pistoia, Italy
32.3	Ordained Priest	Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru †	Priest of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
	Born	Anthony Basil Taylor	Fort Worth, TX	Bishop of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
56.1	Appointed	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	44.9	Ordained Bishop	José Armando Gutiérrez Granier †	Titular Bishop of Pionia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
26 Apr	46.0	Ordained Bishop	Pius Bonaventura Dlamini, F.F.J. †	Bishop of Umzimkulu, South Africa	Auxiliary Bishop of Mariannhill, South Africa
	Born	Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo	Cocos	Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Apr	76.3	Appointed	Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Plataea	Bishop Emeritus of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil
76.3	Retired	Pedro Luis Maria Galibert, T.O.R. †	Bishop of São Luíz de Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr		Born	Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez, S.J.	Madrid, Spain	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala
68.7	Died	Wendelin Rauch †	Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

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