The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 35.6 Appointed Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. † Bishop of Puno, Peru Bishop Emeritus

Born Pablo Virgilio Siongco David Betis, Guagua Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines

3 Mar 74.5 Died Joseph Clement Willging † Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA

5 Mar 62.4 Died Dionisio Pietro Hindié † Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria

49.5 Appointed Paul Piché, O.M.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada

49.5 Appointed Paul Piché, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Orcistus Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada

8 Mar 44.1 Ordained Bishop Custódio Alvim Pereira † Titular Bishop of Nepte Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique

49.5 Ordained Bishop Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar † Bishop of Córdoba, Spain

10 Mar Born José Luis Escobar Alas San Salvador Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador

12 Mar 45.8 Appointed Sebastiano Baggio † Apostolic Delegate to Canada Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State

51.6 Appointed Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

29.6 Ordained Priest Peter Thuruthikonam Priest of Vijayapuram, India Bishop Emeritus

45.8 Appointed Angelo Zambarbieri † Coadjutor Bishop of Guastalla, Italy Bishop

45.8 Appointed Angelo Zambarbieri † Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

13 Mar 52.3 Confirmed Paul II Cheikho † Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

77.9 Died Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rabat, Morocco

49.5 Appointed Robert Emmet Tracy † Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

49.5 Appointed Robert Emmet Tracy † Titular Bishop of Sergentza Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

14 Mar 39.1 Ordained Priest Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-Ping † Priest of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Bishop

24.4 Ordained Priest Benito Cocchi Priest of Bologna, Italy Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

24.5 Ordained Priest Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela

54.7 Appointed Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France Archbishop Emeritus

54.7 Appointed Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny † Titular Bishop of Lycaonia Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France

25.4 Ordained Priest Celso José Pinto da Silva Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil

54.4 Appointed Salvatore Siino † Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

28.7 Ordained Priest Jesus B. Tuquib Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines

15 Mar 24.8 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Matarrese Priest Bishop of Frascati, Italy

17 Mar 52.6 Ordained Bishop Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors † Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Pierre Pham Tân † Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam

46.2 Appointed Pierre Pham Tân † Titular Bishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam

18 Mar 54.9 Appointed Léo Blais † Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

54.9 Appointed Léo Blais † Titular Bishop of Hieron Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Born Eduardo Carmona Ortega, O.R.C. Mexico City Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México

38.7 Ordained Bishop John Neil Cullinane † Titular Bishop of Flumenzer Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

30.4 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Pittau, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)

19 Mar 61.8 Ordained Bishop James Joseph Gerrard † Titular Bishop of Forma Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA

39.1 Ordained Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C. Titular Bishop of Pitanae Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia

48.3 Ordained Bishop Jean Karroum † Bishop of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria

23.9 Ordained Priest Peter Antony Moran Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain

25.9 Ordained Priest Philip Francis Straling Priest of San Diego, California, USA Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA

24.7 Ordained Priest Jaume Traserra Cunillera Priest Bishop of Solsona, Spain

47.9 Installed Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. † Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia

21 Mar 57.1 Appointed Evelio Díaz y Cía † Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba Archbishop Emeritus

57.1 Appointed Evelio Díaz y Cía † Titular Bishop of Lamdia Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

30.7 Ordained Priest Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. † Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar

22 Mar 40.7 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco † Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México

25 Mar 79.2 Appointed Santiago Luis Copello † Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

70.4 Succeeded Fermín Emilio Lafitte † Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

48.9 Appointed Opilio Rossi † Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

44.2 Ordained Bishop Nikollë Troshani † Titular Bishop of Cisamus Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania

28 Mar 24.6 Ordained Priest Paul-Mounged El-Hachem Priest of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait

25.9 Ordained Priest Edmond Y. Farhat Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Austria

24.4 Ordained Priest Grégoire (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B. Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France

22.6 Ordained Priest Antonio María Rouco Varela Priest of Salamanca, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain

29 Mar 24.6 Ordained Priest Eugène Biletsi Onim † Priest of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

Born Frank Joseph Caggiano Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born Pascal N'Koué Boukombé Bishop of Natitingou, Benin

31 Mar 55.0 Ordained Bishop Albert Vincent D'Souza † Titular Bishop of Semnea Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

1 Apr 39.2 Appointed Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr 74.3 Died Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Lebedus

3 Apr 28.3 Ordained Priest Osmond Peter Martin Priest of Belize, Belize Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

33.0 Ordained Priest Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan

40.5 Appointed Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

4 Apr 26.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé † Priest Bishop of Sikasso, Mali

27.2 Ordained Priest Gian Vincenzo Moreni † Priest of Brescia, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

5 Apr 61.2 Ordained Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Fesseë Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.6 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Niehues † Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

55.9 Ordained Bishop José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Phoba Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

46.7 Ordained Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo † Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Installed Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

45.8 Ordained Bishop José Thurler † Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

6 Apr 52.0 Ordained Bishop Raymond D'Mello † Bishop of Mangalore, India Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India

Born Etienne Ung'eyowun Bediwegi Nyalebbe Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, S.O.D. San Felipe Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

7 Apr 58.7 Appointed Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Sais Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt

Born Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. Oshikuku Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia

8 Apr 61.3 Appointed Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † Coadjutor Bishop of Laval, France Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

45.5 Died Marius Macrionitis, S.J. † Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece

37.0 Appointed Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil

9 Apr 53.1 Ordained Bishop John William Comber, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Foratiana Official Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America

Born Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert Papeete, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France

54.9 Appointed Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

Born Kiro Stojanov Radovo Bishop of Skopje, Macedonia

12 Apr 40.5 Ordained Bishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

48.3 Ordained Bishop Julius Angerhausen † Titular Bishop of Eminentiana Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany

50.2 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Arbulú Pineda † Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

29.0 Ordained Priest Joseph Dergham Priest Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

26.8 Ordained Priest Boutros Gemayel Priest of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus Archbishop

27.1 Ordained Priest Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

15 Apr 51.2 Appointed Paolo Bertoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

17 Apr 44.3 Appointed Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

38.6 Appointed Platon V. Kornyljak † Vicar Apostolic of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

38.6 Appointed Platon V. Kornyljak † Titular Bishop of Castra Martis Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)

18 Apr 82.0 Died Moisés Ferreira Coelho † Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil

67.1 Died Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

19 Apr 23.3 Ordained Priest Ryszard Karpinski Priest of Lublin, Poland Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland

55.9 Died André Sorin, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

20 Apr 25.8 Professed Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil

21 Apr 36.6 Appointed Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. † Prelate of Coroico, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia

36.6 Appointed Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Arsamosata Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia

40.9 Appointed Costanzo Micci † Auxiliary Bishop of Larino, Italy Bishop of Fano, Italy

40.9 Appointed Costanzo Micci † Titular Bishop of Hadriania Bishop of Fano, Italy

22 Apr 52.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning † Titular Bishop of Mallus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

53.3 Ordained Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney † Titular Bishop of Valentiniana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

23 Apr 27.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Mittathany Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India

28.4 Ordained Priest Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India

24 Apr Born Cristián Contreras Villarroel Santiago de Chile Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

39.8 Appointed Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. † Prefect of Bechuanaland, Botswana Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

25 Apr 28.6 Ordained Priest Roland Aboujaoudé Priest Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

60.2 Appointed Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Born Enrique Benavent Vidal Quatretonda Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain

52.6 Appointed Alfredo Bruniera † Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

47.3 Appointed Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Cornelius Chitsulo † Bishop of Dedza, Malawi

46.1 Appointed Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † Bishop of Chipata, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

62.3 Appointed Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. † Bishop of Kasama, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia

52.6 Appointed Vivian Anthony Dyer † Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India Archbishop

52.6 Appointed Vivian Anthony Dyer † Titular Archbishop of Gabala Archbishop of Calcutta, India

59.9 Appointed Joseph Fady, M. Afr. † Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia

49.4 Appointed Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Bishop of Zomba, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

48.1 Appointed Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. † Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

39.7 Appointed Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea Bishop Emeritus

70.1 Appointed Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Ndola, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

42.9 Appointed Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo † Vicar Apostolic of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

42.9 Appointed Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo † Titular Bishop of Lebedus Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

56.8 Appointed Timothy Phelim O'Shea, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Appointed John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi Archbishop Emeritus

45.9 Ordained Bishop Angelo Zambarbieri † Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

26 Apr 50.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Bui Chu Tao † Titular Bishop of Numida Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam

88.5 Died Joseph Patrick Donahue † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

35.8 Ordained Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. † Bishop of Puno, Peru Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 65.1 Appointed Paolo Savino † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Paolo Savino † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

28 Apr Born Richard William Smith Halifax Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

30 Apr 65.0 Died Edouard Ranaivo † Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	35.6	Appointed	Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Pablo Virgilio Siongco David	Betis, Guagua	Auxiliary Bishop of San Fernando, Philippines
3 Mar	74.5	Died	Joseph Clement Willging †	Bishop of Pueblo, Colorado, USA
5 Mar	62.4	Died	Dionisio Pietro Hindié †	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria
49.5	Appointed	Paul Piché, O.M.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie, Northwest Territory, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada
49.5	Appointed	Paul Piché, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Orcistus	Bishop Emeritus of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, Northwest Territory, Canada
8 Mar	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Custódio Alvim Pereira †	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Archbishop Emeritus of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Fernández-Conde y García del Rebollar †	Bishop of Córdoba, Spain
10 Mar		Born	José Luis Escobar Alas	San Salvador	Bishop of San Vicente, El Salvador
12 Mar	45.8	Appointed	Sebastiano Baggio †	Apostolic Delegate to Canada	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
51.6	Appointed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
29.6	Ordained Priest	Peter Thuruthikonam	Priest of Vijayapuram, India	Bishop Emeritus
45.8	Appointed	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Coadjutor Bishop of Guastalla, Italy	Bishop
45.8	Appointed	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
13 Mar	52.3	Confirmed	Paul II Cheikho †	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
77.9	Died	Pierre-Jean-Marie-Louis Peurois, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rabat, Morocco
49.5	Appointed	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
49.5	Appointed	Robert Emmet Tracy †	Titular Bishop of Sergentza	Bishop Emeritus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
14 Mar	39.1	Ordained Priest	Francis Xavier Hsu Chen-Ping †	Priest of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Bishop
24.4	Ordained Priest	Benito Cocchi	Priest of Bologna, Italy	Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
24.5	Ordained Priest	Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Vicar Apostolic of Machiques, Venezuela
54.7	Appointed	Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France	Archbishop Emeritus
54.7	Appointed	Henri-Martin-Félix Jenny †	Titular Bishop of Lycaonia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
25.4	Ordained Priest	Celso José Pinto da Silva	Priest of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui, Brazil
54.4	Appointed	Salvatore Siino †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
28.7	Ordained Priest	Jesus B. Tuquib	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
15 Mar	24.8	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Matarrese	Priest	Bishop of Frascati, Italy
17 Mar	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Petrus Joannes Antonius Moors †	Bishop of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Pierre Pham Tân †	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam	Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam
46.2	Appointed	Pierre Pham Tân †	Titular Bishop of Iustinianopolis in Galatia	Bishop of Thanh Hóa, Viêt Nam
18 Mar	54.9	Appointed	Léo Blais †	Auxiliary Bishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
54.9	Appointed	Léo Blais †	Titular Bishop of Hieron	Bishop Emeritus of Prince-Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
	Born	Eduardo Carmona Ortega, O.R.C.	Mexico City	Bishop of Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México
38.7	Ordained Bishop	John Neil Cullinane †	Titular Bishop of Flumenzer	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
30.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Pittau, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Institutes of Study)
19 Mar	61.8	Ordained Bishop	James Joseph Gerrard †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
39.1	Ordained Bishop	John Jobst, S.A.C.	Titular Bishop of Pitanae	Bishop Emeritus of Broome, Australia
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Jean Karroum †	Bishop of Hassaké (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (Syrian), Syria
23.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Antony Moran	Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, Great Britain
25.9	Ordained Priest	Philip Francis Straling	Priest of San Diego, California, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Reno, Nevada, USA
24.7	Ordained Priest	Jaume Traserra Cunillera	Priest	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
47.9	Installed	Germán Villa Gaviria, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Barranquilla, Colombia
21 Mar	57.1	Appointed	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
30.7	Ordained Priest	Jean-Samuel Raobelina, M.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar
22 Mar	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Sánchez Tinoco †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México
25 Mar	79.2	Appointed	Santiago Luis Copello †	Cardinal, Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery
70.4	Succeeded	Fermín Emilio Lafitte †	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
48.9	Appointed	Opilio Rossi †	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Nikollë Troshani †	Titular Bishop of Cisamus	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Durrës-Tiranë, Albania
28 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Paul-Mounged El-Hachem	Priest of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon	Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait
25.9	Ordained Priest	Edmond Y. Farhat	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
24.4	Ordained Priest	Grégoire (Krikor) Ghabroyan, I.C.P.B.	Priest of Institut du Clergé Patriarcal de Bzommar	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France
22.6	Ordained Priest	Antonio María Rouco Varela	Priest of Salamanca, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
29 Mar	24.6	Ordained Priest	Eugène Biletsi Onim †	Priest of Idiofa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Frank Joseph Caggiano	Brooklyn	Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn, New York, USA
	Born	Pascal N'Koué	Boukombé	Bishop of Natitingou, Benin
31 Mar	55.0	Ordained Bishop	Albert Vincent D'Souza †	Titular Bishop of Semnea	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
1 Apr	39.2	Appointed	Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	74.3	Died	Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus
3 Apr	28.3	Ordained Priest	Osmond Peter Martin	Priest of Belize, Belize	Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
33.0	Ordained Priest	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
40.5	Appointed	Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
4 Apr	26.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé †	Priest	Bishop of Sikasso, Mali
27.2	Ordained Priest	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
5 Apr	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Niehues †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
55.9	Ordained Bishop	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Phoba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Tavares de Araújo †	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Installed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
45.8	Ordained Bishop	José Thurler †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Raymond D'Mello †	Bishop of Mangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
	Born	Etienne Ung'eyowun Bediwegi	Nyalebbe	Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, S.O.D.	San Felipe	Bishop of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
7 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sais	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt
	Born	Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.	Oshikuku	Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
8 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Coadjutor Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
45.5	Died	Marius Macrionitis, S.J. †	Archbishop of Athenai {Athens}, Greece
37.0	Appointed	Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil
9 Apr	53.1	Ordained Bishop	John William Comber, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Foratiana	Official Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
	Born	Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert	Papeete, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France
54.9	Appointed	Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Kiro Stojanov	Radovo	Bishop of Skopje, Macedonia
12 Apr	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
48.3	Ordained Bishop	Julius Angerhausen †	Titular Bishop of Eminentiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Essen, Germany
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
29.0	Ordained Priest	Joseph Dergham	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
26.8	Ordained Priest	Boutros Gemayel	Priest of Cipro (Maronite), Cyprus	Archbishop
27.1	Ordained Priest	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika	Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
15 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
17 Apr	44.3	Appointed	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
38.6	Appointed	Platon V. Kornyljak †	Vicar Apostolic of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
38.6	Appointed	Platon V. Kornyljak †	Titular Bishop of Castra Martis	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia, Faithful of Eastern Rite (Ukrainian)
18 Apr	82.0	Died	Moisés Ferreira Coelho †	Archbishop of Paraíba, Paraiba, Brazil
67.1	Died	Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ryszard Karpinski	Priest of Lublin, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland
55.9	Died	André Sorin, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
20 Apr	25.8	Professed	Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M.	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranho, Brazil
21 Apr	36.6	Appointed	Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Coroico, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
36.6	Appointed	Tomás Roberto Manning, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
40.9	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
40.9	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Titular Bishop of Hadriania	Bishop of Fano, Italy
22 Apr	52.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Titular Bishop of Mallus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Titular Bishop of Valentiniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 Apr	27.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mittathany	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
28.4	Ordained Priest	Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India
24 Apr		Born	Cristián Contreras Villarroel	Santiago de Chile	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
39.8	Appointed	Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. †	Prefect of Bechuanaland, Botswana	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
25 Apr	28.6	Ordained Priest	Roland Aboujaoudé	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
60.2	Appointed	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	Born	Enrique Benavent Vidal	Quatretonda	Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia, Spain
52.6	Appointed	Alfredo Bruniera †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
47.3	Appointed	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †	Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Cornelius Chitsulo †	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
46.1	Appointed	Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Chipata, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
62.3	Appointed	Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kasama, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Kasama, Zambia
52.6	Appointed	Vivian Anthony Dyer †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop
52.6	Appointed	Vivian Anthony Dyer †	Titular Archbishop of Gabala	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
59.9	Appointed	Joseph Fady, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia
49.4	Appointed	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
48.1	Appointed	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. †	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
39.7	Appointed	Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. †	Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	Francis Costantin Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
42.9	Appointed	Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †	Vicar Apostolic of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
42.9	Appointed	Joseph Ngogi Nkongolo †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
56.8	Appointed	Timothy Phelim O'Shea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Appointed	John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi	Archbishop Emeritus
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
26 Apr	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bui Chu Tao †	Titular Bishop of Numida	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diêm, Viêt Nam
88.5	Died	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
35.8	Ordained Bishop	Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	65.1	Appointed	Paolo Savino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Paolo Savino †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
28 Apr		Born	Richard William Smith	Halifax	Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
30 Apr	65.0	Died	Edouard Ranaivo †	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

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