The Year of Our Lord 1966

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 43.9 Appointed Raphaël I Bidawid † Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq

59.6 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop

59.6 Appointed Gabriel Ganni † Titular Archbishop of Pessinus Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq

3 Mar 75.3 Died Alfonso Castaldo † Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

46.1 Appointed Carlos Quintero Arce Coadjutor Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México Archbishop Emeritus

46.1 Appointed Carlos Quintero Arce Titular Archbishop of Thysdrus Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

4 Mar 60.5 Appointed Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey † Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

53.6 Appointed Peter Leo Gerety Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

53.6 Appointed Peter Leo Gerety Titular Bishop of Crepedula Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA

52.3 Appointed Edward John Herrmann † Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

52.3 Appointed Edward John Herrmann † Titular Bishop of Lamzella Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

59.1 Appointed Joseph Carroll McCormick † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed Joseph Gregory Vath † Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

48.0 Appointed Joseph Gregory Vath † Titular Bishop of Novaliciana Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA

5 Mar 78.4 Died Charles Francis Buddy † Bishop of San Diego, California, USA

61.0 Succeeded Francis James Furey † Bishop of San Diego, California, USA Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA

64.4 Appointed Gabriel-Marie Garrone † Titular Archbishop of Turres in Numidia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture

26.1 Ordained Priest Octavio Villegas Aguilar Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México Auxiliary Bishop

6 Mar 57.2 Appointed Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg † Bishop of Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France Bishop Emeritus

38.2 Ordained Bishop José Ivo Lorscheiter † Titular Bishop of Tamada Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

50.2 Ordained Bishop Luigi Maffeo † Titular Archbishop of Castellum in Numidia Archbishop of Italy, Military

44.5 Ordained Bishop Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado Titular Bishop of Utimma Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France

57.8 Appointed Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges, France Archbishop Emeritus

57.8 Appointed Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour † Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France

7 Mar 53.7 Appointed Francis Carroll, S.M.A. † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia

9 Mar 37.9 Appointed Joseph Louis Bernardin † Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

37.9 Appointed Joseph Louis Bernardin † Titular Bishop of Lugura Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

50.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

52.8 Died Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard † Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands

10 Mar 74.1 Died Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani, O.F.M. † Bishop of Laohokow [Laohekou], China

56.5 Died James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. † Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan

12 Mar 26.0 Ordained Priest Alejandro Goic Karmelic Priest Bishop of Rancagua, Chile

51.7 Succeeded Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

63.7 Resigned Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. † Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

14 Mar 26.8 Ordained Priest Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Archbishop of Verapoly, India

37.3 Appointed Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

71.5 Died Vincenzo Lojali † Bishop of Amelia, Italy

47.4 Appointed Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † Auxiliary Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

47.4 Appointed Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito † Titular Bishop of Nova Germania Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

44.6 Appointed Boleslaw Pylak Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland

44.6 Appointed Boleslaw Pylak Titular Bishop of Midica Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland

15 Mar 44.2 Appointed Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. † Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

60.7 Appointed Domenico Ferrara, M.C.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Absa Salla Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan

37.7 Appointed Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo, Japan Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

37.7 Appointed Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi Titular Bishop of Atenia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo, Japan

49.7 Appointed Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. † Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso Bishop Emeritus

17 Mar Born José Francisco González González Yahualica Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

61.9 Appointed Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. † Apostolic Administrator of Kuwait Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

19 Mar 69.7 Ordained Bishop Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Idicra Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

24.6 Ordained Priest Giacinto Berloco Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

54.9 Appointed Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. † Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Ordained Bishop José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana Bishop Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil

50.1 Installed José Miguel Medina † Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

24.6 Ordained Priest Beniamino Stella Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy

29.1 Ordained Priest John Baptist Thakur, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop of Muzaffarpur, India

24.3 Ordained Priest Giovanni Tonucci Priest Prelate of Loreto, Italy

42.9 Ordained Bishop Dino Trabalzini † Titular Bishop of Munatiana Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

67.9 Ordained Bishop Giacomo Violardo † Titular Archbishop of Satafi Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

51.1 Ordained Bishop Oscar Zanera † Titular Bishop of Surista Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy

20 Mar 82.5 Died John Heffernan, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya

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

22 Mar 55.1 Appointed Armand François M. Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Bishop Emeritus

70.1 Appointed Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun † Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

70.1 Resigned Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun † Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France Bishop Emeritus

23 Mar 44.1 Appointed Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R. † Titular Bishop of Gaguari Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil

50.1 Appointed José Fernandes Veloso † Auxiliary Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Appointed José Fernandes Veloso † Titular Bishop of Aquae in Proconsulari Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

51.8 Appointed Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. † Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

26.7 Ordained Priest Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranho, Brazil

53.5 Appointed Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. † Titular Bishop of Gigthi Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil

25 Mar 53.5 Ordained Bishop Anthony Rayappa Arulappa † Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India Archbishop Emeritus

60.0 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Batta † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

55.9 Ordained Bishop Thomas Michel Bidawid † Archbishop of Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

48.9 Ordained Bishop Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. † Bishop of Cuzco, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru

57.3 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Koda † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq

50.1 Ordained Bishop Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty † Titular Bishop of Tingaria Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France

52.4 Ordained Bishop John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

26 Mar 25.7 Ordained Priest Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Grajaú, Maranho, Brazil

25.0 Ordained Priest Frans Daneels, O. Praem. Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura

25.4 Ordained Priest Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Garissa, Kenya

31.2 Ordained Priest Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S. Priest of Society of the Divine Savior Bishop of Pereira, Colombia

25.1 Ordained Priest Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya

24.5 Ordained Priest Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. † Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil

25.9 Ordained Priest Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M. Priest of Society of Mary Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands

27 Mar 29.0 Ordained Priest Gabriel Simo Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon Auxiliary Bishop

28 Mar 24.0 Professed Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

29 Mar 62.0 Appointed James Hagan, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria

62.0 Resigned James Hagan, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

31 Mar 51.8 Succeeded Antonio Cece † Bishop of Aversa, Italy

51.3 Appointed Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

91.6 Appointed Antonio Teutonico † Titular Bishop of Satafis Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy

91.6 Retired Antonio Teutonico † Bishop of Aversa, Italy Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr 24.5 Ordained Priest Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm. Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop of San Severo, Italy

4 Apr 51.3 Appointed Paul Francis Leibold † Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Appointed Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. † Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau Prefect Emeritus

53.8 Appointed George Henry Speltz † Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus

7 Apr 52.9 Succeeded Henri Gufflet † Bishop of Limoges, France Bishop Emeritus

81.9 Died Louis-Paul Rastouil † Bishop of Limoges, France

55.1 Appointed Francesco Sanmartino † Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Francesco Sanmartino † Titular Bishop of Summula Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

10 Apr 25.4 Ordained Priest José Ulises Macías Salcedo Priest of León, Guanajuato, México Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México

11 Apr 28.3 Ordained Priest Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba Priest of Sokodé, Togo Bishop

25.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Paul Mary Mathieu Priest of Saint-Dié, France Bishop

14 Apr 50.5 Appointed Humberto Sousa Medeiros † Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

39.9 Ordained Bishop James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. Titular Bishop of Verbe Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA

52.5 Installed John Joseph Thomas Ryan † Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

15 Apr 41.7 Appointed Bruno Maldaner Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

41.7 Appointed Bruno Maldaner Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

73.3 Appointed Bryan Joseph McEntegart † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brooklyn, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 72.3 Died Antonio Bergamaschi † Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy

27.8 Ordained Priest Victor Adibe Chikwe Priest of Owerri, Nigeria Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria

25.3 Ordained Priest Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

27.3 Ordained Priest Francis Teke Lysinge Priest Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon

35.5 Ordained Priest Christian Wiyghan Tumi Priest Cardinal, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon

18 Apr 26.9 Ordained Priest Peter Remigius Priest Bishop of Kottar, India

19 Apr 49.8 Appointed Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria Prelate Emeritus of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras

21 Apr 54.1 Ordained Bishop Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. † Bishop of Udonthani, Thailand Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand

67.2 Died Johann Lenhardt † Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany

83.2 Died Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt

23 Apr 23.9 Ordained Priest Domenico Sigalini Priest of Brescia, Italy Bishop of Palestrina, Italy

24 Apr 46.3 Ordained Bishop Donaldo Chávez Núñez † Titular Bishop of Giru Mons Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

38.8 Appointed Juan Antonio Flores Santana Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

89.4 Died James Joseph MacNamee † Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland

50.4 Ordained Bishop Angelo Félix Mugnol † Titular Bishop of Nicives Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

31.2 Ordained Priest Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France

25 Apr 46.7 Ordained Bishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Cenculiana Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles

55.2 Ordained Bishop Francesco Sanmartino † Titular Bishop of Summula Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy

56.0 Appointed William Gordon Wheeler † Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

26 Apr 73.3 Appointed Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre † Titular Archbishop of Thibilis Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France

73.3 Resigned Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre † Archbishop of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France Archbishop Emeritus

38.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph Louis Bernardin † Titular Bishop of Lugura Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

55.9 Appointed André-Georges Bontems † Archbishop of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France Archbishop Emeritus

52.5 Ordained Bishop Edward John Herrmann † Titular Bishop of Lamzella Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA

25.7 Ordained Priest Edward James Slattery Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

28 Apr 60.8 Appointed Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot † Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

52.1 Appointed Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon † Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina

56.1 Appointed Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. † Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

29 Apr 25.9 Ordained Priest Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh Priest of Xuân Lôc, Viêt Nam Bishop

30 Apr 61.0 Appointed Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel † Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

50.5 Appointed Crisanto Darío Mata Cova † Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

26.3 Ordained Priest Dennis Patrick O'Neil † Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA

51.2 Appointed Domingo Roa Pérez † Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	43.9	Appointed	Raphaël I Bidawid †	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon	Patriarch of Babylon {Babilonia} (Chaldean), Iraq
59.6	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop
59.6	Appointed	Gabriel Ganni †	Titular Archbishop of Pessinus	Archbishop of Bassorah {Basra} (Chaldean), Iraq
3 Mar	75.3	Died	Alfonso Castaldo †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
46.1	Appointed	Carlos Quintero Arce	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México	Archbishop Emeritus
46.1	Appointed	Carlos Quintero Arce	Titular Archbishop of Thysdrus	Archbishop Emeritus of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
4 Mar	60.5	Appointed	Lawrence Bernard Brennan Casey †	Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
53.6	Appointed	Peter Leo Gerety	Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
53.6	Appointed	Peter Leo Gerety	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
52.3	Appointed	Edward John Herrmann †	Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
52.3	Appointed	Edward John Herrmann †	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
59.1	Appointed	Joseph Carroll McCormick †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mobile-Birmingham, Alabama, USA	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
48.0	Appointed	Joseph Gregory Vath †	Titular Bishop of Novaliciana	Bishop of Birmingham, Alabama, USA
5 Mar	78.4	Died	Charles Francis Buddy †	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
61.0	Succeeded	Francis James Furey †	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA	Archbishop of San Antonio, Texas, USA
64.4	Appointed	Gabriel-Marie Garrone †	Titular Archbishop of Turres in Numidia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture
26.1	Ordained Priest	Octavio Villegas Aguilar	Priest of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Auxiliary Bishop
6 Mar	57.2	Appointed	Jean-Barthélemy-Marie de Cambourg †	Bishop of Valence (, Die, e Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux), France	Bishop Emeritus
38.2	Ordained Bishop	José Ivo Lorscheiter †	Titular Bishop of Tamada	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Maffeo †	Titular Archbishop of Castellum in Numidia	Archbishop of Italy, Military
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Marie François Rousset, Ist. del Prado	Titular Bishop of Utimma	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Etienne, France
57.8	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bourges, France	Archbishop Emeritus
57.8	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Paul Vignancour †	Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari	Archbishop Emeritus of Bourges, France
7 Mar	53.7	Appointed	Francis Carroll, S.M.A. †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Liberia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Monrovia, Liberia
9 Mar	37.9	Appointed	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
37.9	Appointed	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
50.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Ambrose Tschoepe	Bishop of San Angelo, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
52.8	Died	Joannes Antonius Eduardus van Dodewaard †	Bishop of Haarlem, Netherlands
10 Mar	74.1	Died	Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferrani, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Laohokow [Laohekou], China
56.5	Died	James Cornelius van Miltenburg, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Hyderabad in Pakistan
12 Mar	26.0	Ordained Priest	Alejandro Goic Karmelic	Priest	Bishop of Rancagua, Chile
51.7	Succeeded	Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
63.7	Resigned	Francisco Xavier Elias Pedro Paulo Rey, T.O.R. †	Prelate of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
14 Mar	26.8	Ordained Priest	Daniel Acharuparambil, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
37.3	Appointed	Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez	Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
71.5	Died	Vincenzo Lojali †	Bishop of Amelia, Italy
47.4	Appointed	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Auxiliary Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
47.4	Appointed	Hugo Eduardo Polanco Brito †	Titular Bishop of Nova Germania	Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
44.6	Appointed	Boleslaw Pylak	Auxiliary Bishop of Lublin, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
44.6	Appointed	Boleslaw Pylak	Titular Bishop of Midica	Archbishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
15 Mar	44.2	Appointed	Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. †	Bishop of San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
60.7	Appointed	Domenico Ferrara, M.C.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Absa Salla	Prefect Emeritus of Mupoi, Sudan
37.7	Appointed	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi	Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo, Japan	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
37.7	Appointed	Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi	Titular Bishop of Atenia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo, Japan
49.7	Appointed	Denis Martin Tapsoba, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar		Born	José Francisco González González	Yahualica	Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
61.9	Appointed	Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. †	Apostolic Administrator of Kuwait	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
19 Mar	69.7	Ordained Bishop	Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Idicra	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
24.6	Ordained Priest	Giacinto Berloco	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela
54.9	Appointed	Friedrich Helmel, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Guarapuava, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Ordained Bishop	José (Giuseppe) Maritano, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Castra Severiana	Bishop Emeritus of Macapá, Amapa, Brazil
50.1	Installed	José Miguel Medina †	Bishop of Jujuy, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
24.6	Ordained Priest	Beniamino Stella	Priest of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
29.1	Ordained Priest	John Baptist Thakur, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Muzaffarpur, India
24.3	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Tonucci	Priest	Prelate of Loreto, Italy
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Dino Trabalzini †	Titular Bishop of Munatiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
67.9	Ordained Bishop	Giacomo Violardo †	Titular Archbishop of Satafi	Cardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Oscar Zanera †	Titular Bishop of Surista	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
20 Mar	82.5	Died	John Heffernan, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Zanzibar, Kenya	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nairobi, Kenya
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Aloys Mulindwa Mutabesha Mugoma Mweru †	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Archbishop Emeritus
22 Mar	55.1	Appointed	Armand François M. Le Bourgeois, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
70.1	Appointed	Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †	Titular Bishop of Arae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
70.1	Resigned	Lucien-Sidroine Lebrun †	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France	Bishop Emeritus
23 Mar	44.1	Appointed	Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.SS.R. †	Titular Bishop of Gaguari	Prelate of Coari, Amazonas, Brazil
50.1	Appointed	José Fernandes Veloso †	Auxiliary Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Appointed	José Fernandes Veloso †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Proconsulari	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
51.8	Appointed	Luiz Roberto Gomes de Arruda, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Feradi Minus	Prelate Emeritus of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil
26.7	Ordained Priest	Serafino Faustino Spreafico, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of Grajaú, Maranho, Brazil
53.5	Appointed	Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle, T.O.R. †	Titular Bishop of Gigthi	Prelate Emeritus of Borba, Amazonas, Brazil
25 Mar	53.5	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Rayappa Arulappa †	Archbishop of Madras and Mylapore (Meliapor), India	Archbishop Emeritus
60.0	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Batta †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Archbishop of Ahwaz (Chaldean), Iran	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
48.9	Ordained Bishop	Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. †	Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
57.3	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Koda †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Auguste-Marie Paty †	Titular Bishop of Tingaria	Bishop Emeritus of Luçon, France
52.4	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
26 Mar	25.7	Ordained Priest	Franco Cuter, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Grajaú, Maranho, Brazil
25.0	Ordained Priest	Frans Daneels, O. Praem.	Priest of Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre; Norbertines	Secretary of the Apostolic Signatura
25.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Garissa, Kenya
31.2	Ordained Priest	Tulio Duque Gutiérrez, S.D.S.	Priest of Society of the Divine Savior	Bishop of Pereira, Colombia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Sylvester Carmel Magro, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Vicar Apostolic of Benghazi, Libya
24.5	Ordained Priest	Gianfranco Masserdotti, M.C.C.I. †	Priest of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop of Balsas, Maranho, Brazil
25.9	Ordained Priest	Adrian Thomas Smith, S.M.	Priest of Society of Mary	Archbishop of Honiara, Solomon Islands
27 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Simo	Priest of Bafoussam, Cameroon	Auxiliary Bishop
28 Mar	24.0	Professed	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
29 Mar	62.0	Appointed	James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Horrea Coelia	Bishop Emeritus of Makurdi, Nigeria
62.0	Resigned	James Hagan, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
31 Mar	51.8	Succeeded	Antonio Cece †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy
51.3	Appointed	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop of Los Angeles (Santa Maria de), Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
91.6	Appointed	Antonio Teutonico †	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Bishop Emeritus of Aversa, Italy
91.6	Retired	Antonio Teutonico †	Bishop of Aversa, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	24.5	Ordained Priest	Lucio Angelo Renna, O. Carm.	Priest of Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel	Bishop of San Severo, Italy
4 Apr	51.3	Appointed	Paul Francis Leibold †	Bishop of Evansville, Indiana, USA	Archbishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
	Appointed	Amândio Domingues Neto, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Guinea Portoghese, Guinea-Bissau	Prefect Emeritus
53.8	Appointed	George Henry Speltz †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr	52.9	Succeeded	Henri Gufflet †	Bishop of Limoges, France	Bishop Emeritus
81.9	Died	Louis-Paul Rastouil †	Bishop of Limoges, France
55.1	Appointed	Francesco Sanmartino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Francesco Sanmartino †	Titular Bishop of Summula	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
10 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	José Ulises Macías Salcedo	Priest of León, Guanajuato, México	Archbishop of Hermosillo, Sonora, México
11 Apr	28.3	Ordained Priest	Ambroise Kotamba Djoliba	Priest of Sokodé, Togo	Bishop
25.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Paul Mary Mathieu	Priest of Saint-Dié, France	Bishop
14 Apr	50.5	Appointed	Humberto Sousa Medeiros †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
39.9	Ordained Bishop	James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E.	Titular Bishop of Verbe	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, USA
52.5	Installed	John Joseph Thomas Ryan †	Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
15 Apr	41.7	Appointed	Bruno Maldaner	Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
41.7	Appointed	Bruno Maldaner	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
73.3	Appointed	Bryan Joseph McEntegart †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Brooklyn, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	72.3	Died	Antonio Bergamaschi †	Bishop of Montefeltro, Italy
27.8	Ordained Priest	Victor Adibe Chikwe	Priest of Owerri, Nigeria	Bishop of Ahiara, Nigeria
25.3	Ordained Priest	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
27.3	Ordained Priest	Francis Teke Lysinge	Priest	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon
35.5	Ordained Priest	Christian Wiyghan Tumi	Priest	Cardinal, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon
18 Apr	26.9	Ordained Priest	Peter Remigius	Priest	Bishop of Kottar, India
19 Apr	49.8	Appointed	Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Giufi Salaria	Prelate Emeritus of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, Honduras
21 Apr	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Clarence James Duhart, C.SS.R. †	Bishop of Udonthani, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus of Udon Thani, Thailand
67.2	Died	Johann Lenhardt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
83.2	Died	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Egitto, Egypt
23 Apr	23.9	Ordained Priest	Domenico Sigalini	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Bishop of Palestrina, Italy
24 Apr	46.3	Ordained Bishop	Donaldo Chávez Núñez †	Titular Bishop of Giru Mons	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
38.8	Appointed	Juan Antonio Flores Santana	Bishop of La Vega, Dominican Republic	Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
89.4	Died	James Joseph MacNamee †	Bishop of Ardagh (and Clonmacnois), Ireland
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Félix Mugnol †	Titular Bishop of Nicives	Bishop of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
31.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Bayeux (-Lisieux), France
25 Apr	46.7	Ordained Bishop	Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica, Antilles
55.2	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Sanmartino †	Titular Bishop of Summula	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
56.0	Appointed	William Gordon Wheeler †	Bishop of Leeds, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	73.3	Appointed	Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre †	Titular Archbishop of Thibilis	Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France
73.3	Resigned	Louis-Marie-Fernand de Bazelaire de Ruppierre †	Archbishop of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France	Archbishop Emeritus
38.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Titular Bishop of Lugura	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
55.9	Appointed	André-Georges Bontems †	Archbishop of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France	Archbishop Emeritus
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Edward John Herrmann †	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Bishop Emeritus of Columbus, Ohio, USA
25.7	Ordained Priest	Edward James Slattery	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
28 Apr	60.8	Appointed	Louis-Jean-Frédéric Guyot †	Archbishop of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
52.1	Appointed	Carlos Horacio Ponce de Léon †	Bishop of San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Argentina
56.1	Appointed	Ildefonso Maria Sansierra Robla, O.F.M. Cap. †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
29 Apr	25.9	Ordained Priest	Dominique Nguyên Chu Trinh	Priest of Xuân Lôc, Viêt Nam	Bishop
30 Apr	61.0	Appointed	Críspulo Benítez Fontúrvel †	Archbishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
50.5	Appointed	Crisanto Darío Mata Cova †	Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus
26.3	Ordained Priest	Dennis Patrick O'Neil †	Priest of Los Angeles, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of San Bernardino, California, USA
51.2	Appointed	Domingo Roa Pérez †	Archbishop of Maracaibo, Venezuela	Archbishop Emeritus

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