The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 63.1 Appointed Coleman Francis Carroll † Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA

47.0 Appointed Terence James Cooke † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

44.1 Appointed René Fernández Apaza Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

56.2 Appointed Georges Benoit Gassongo † Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Gibba Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo

65.1 Resigned Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo Bishop Emeritus

3 Mar 49.4 Appointed Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

41.1 Ordained Bishop Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas Bishop of Copiapó, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile

46.6 Ordained Bishop Curiacos Moussess † Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq

4 Mar 54.3 Installed George Henry Guilfoyle † Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

5 Mar 52.7 Installed Stephen John Kocisko † Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

74.2 Died Joseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. † Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon

6 Mar 86.5 Died Ettore Baranzini † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

57.3 Succeeded Giuseppe Bonfigioli † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

47.3 Appointed Néophytos Edelby, B.A. † Archbishop of Alep (Melkite), Syria

61.8 Appointed John Joseph Scanlan † Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Bishop Emeritus

68.5 Appointed Athanasios Toutoungi † Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Melkite), Syria

68.5 Resigned Athanasios Toutoungi † Archbishop of Alep (Melkite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

26.4 Professed Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium

7 Mar 52.3 Appointed Joseph Babana † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

60.8 Succeeded Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand † Bishop of Lille, France Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

59.3 Appointed Gabriel Koda † Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

84.1 Retired Achille Liènart † Bishop of Lille, France Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France

8 Mar 49.8 Ordained Bishop Anthony Joseph Emery † Titular Bishop of Tamallula Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain

38.1 Appointed Thomas John Gumbleton Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

38.1 Appointed Thomas John Gumbleton Titular Bishop of Ululi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

48.0 Appointed Walter Joseph Schoenherr † Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed Walter Joseph Schoenherr † Titular Bishop of Timidana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA

39.6 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica

59.7 Appointed Aloysius John Wycislo † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

9 Mar 23.1 Ordained Priest Michael Aidan Courtney † Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

24.0 Ordained Priest Richard Brendan Higgins Priest of Sacramento, California, USA Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

54.8 Appointed Thomas Joseph Mardaga † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

10 Mar 57.5 Appointed Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

47.0 Ordained Bishop John McCormack † Bishop of Meath, Ireland Bishop Emeritus

11 Mar 52.2 Appointed Christophe Adimou † Bishop of Lokossa, Benin Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

40.9 Appointed Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. † Prefect of Yagoua, Cameroon Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon

40.7 Appointed Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. † Prefect of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon

54.7 Appointed Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela

54.7 Appointed Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Bamaccora Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela

24.0 Ordained Priest Ernest Léger Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

59.0 Appointed Félix Ley, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Naha, Japan

59.0 Appointed Félix Ley, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla Apostolic Administrator of Naha, Japan

47.0 Succeeded Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên † Archbishop of Huê, Viêt Nam

56.3 Appointed Benjamin de Souza Gomes † Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 59.3 Appointed John Joseph Cassata † Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

59.3 Appointed John Joseph Cassata † Titular Bishop of Bida Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

42.1 Appointed Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Cardinal, Archbishop

42.1 Appointed Johannes Joachim Degenhardt † Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany

70.0 Appointed Benjamin Ibberson Webster † Titular Bishop of Tigamibena Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

70.0 Resigned Benjamin Ibberson Webster † Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

13 Mar 42.8 Appointed Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida Prelate of Calama, Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile

42.8 Appointed Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida Titular Bishop of Burca Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile

14 Mar 53.4 Ordained Bishop Dennis Walter Hickey † Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA

15 Mar 56.5 Died Edward Jan Muszynski † Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland

16 Mar 55.1 Appointed Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Appointed Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Sufes Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France

45.5 Appointed Sefafín Vásquez Elizalde Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México

76.0 Died Emmet Michael Walsh † Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA

17 Mar 29.0 Ordained Priest Youhanna Fouad El-Hage † Priest of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon

19 Mar 60.1 Ordained Bishop Román Acevedo Rojas † Titular Bishop of Thamugadi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

31.1 Ordained Priest Raymundo Damasceno Assis Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

64.8 Resigned William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. † Apostolic Administrator of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

64.6 Ordained Bishop Pietro Gazzoli † Titular Bishop of Forum Flaminii Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

47.5 Ordained Bishop Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O.C. † Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil

51.5 Ordained Bishop André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus

24.3 Ordained Priest Francisco-Javier Lozano Priest Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

38.6 Ordained Bishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. † Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

20 Mar 57.5 Confirmed Ignace Antoine II Hayek † Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarch Emeritus

31.0 Ordained Priest Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Archbishop of Osaka, Japan

23 Mar 28.5 Ordained Priest Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J. Priest of Ahmedabad, India Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India

73.2 Appointed Jan Nowicki † Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine

73.2 Appointed Jan Nowicki † Titular Bishop of Pupiana Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine

24 Mar 48.3 Ordained Bishop Luigi Bongianino † Titular Bishop of Vulturia Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy

53.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Sipendi † Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania

37.0 Ordained Bishop Bienvenido Solon Tudtud † Titular Bishop of Thimida Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

27.2 Ordained Priest Carlo Maria Viganò Priest Official of the Secretariat of State

25 Mar 63.7 Installed John Joseph Carberry † Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

45.3 Ordained Bishop Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

26.0 Ordained Priest Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

50.1 Installed Charles Alexander K. Salatka † Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

51.6 Ordained Bishop Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap. Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

82.5 Died Ignacy Swirski † Bishop of Siedlce, Poland

26 Mar 63.9 Appointed Gabriel Auguste François Marty † Archbishop of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

27 Mar 48.6 Appointed Silvio Maria Dário † Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.8 Appointed Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † Titular Archbishop of Lilybaeum Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil

70.8 Resigned Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

57.0 Died Paul John Hallinan † Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA

56.3 Appointed Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni † Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

66.3 Appointed Alfredo Rubio Diaz † Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

29 Mar 73.8 Died James Black † Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain

63.9 Appointed Gabriel Auguste François Marty † Vicar Apostolic of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

50.1 Ordained Bishop Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar 58.8 Ordained Bishop Francis Ekka † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India Bishop of Raigarh, India

59.5 Appointed Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

59.5 Appointed Aníbal Muñoz Duque † Titular Archbishop of Cariana Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

25.1 Ordained Priest Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos Priest Bishop of Butuan, Philippines

24.6 Ordained Priest Sergio Lasam Utleg Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines Bishop of Laoag, Philippines

25.3 Ordained Priest Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz Priest of Roermond, Netherlands Bishop

31 Mar 25.6 Ordained Priest Adriano Bernardini Priest of Pesaro, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

42.2 Ordained Bishop Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua

2 Apr 48.5 Appointed Francisco Raval Cruces † Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

48.5 Appointed Francisco Raval Cruces † Titular Bishop of Tambeae Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

54.2 Appointed Maurice John Dingman † Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Timothy Joseph Harrington † Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Timothy Joseph Harrington † Titular Bishop of Rusuca Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

3 Apr 52.2 Ordained Bishop Raymond James Vonesh † Titular Bishop of Vanariona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

4 Apr 47.1 Appointed Terence James Cooke † Bishop of United States of America, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

5 Apr 40.0 Resigned Joseph Louis Bernardin † Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 Apr 28.4 Ordained Priest Filomeno Gonzales Bactol Priest of Palo, Philippines Bishop of Naval, Philippines

47.9 Appointed Emanuele Gerada Coadjutor Bishop of Malta Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland

54.2 Appointed Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

8 Apr 45.5 Appointed Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma, Argentina Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

45.5 Appointed Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Puppi Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

9 Apr 33.0 Appointed Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

64.3 Died Edward John Doody † Bishop of Armidale, Australia

47.0 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

47.0 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Igilgili Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

35.3 Appointed Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

35.3 Appointed Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis Titular Bishop of Mulia Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka

74.0 Appointed Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

74.0 Resigned Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

45.9 Appointed Stephen Kim Sou-hwan Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

42.9 Appointed Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean † Bishop of Penang, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

39.7 Appointed Albert Tshomba Yungu † Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

10 Apr 88.7 Died Jean-Marcel Rodié † Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France

14 Apr 23.5 Ordained Priest Francisco Cases Andreu Priest of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

15 Apr 25.1 Ordained Priest Jean-Clément Jeanbart Priest of Alep (Melkite), Syria Archbishop

25.2 Ordained Priest Nikolaki Sawaf Priest Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite), Syria

16 Apr 72.3 Appointed Henri Audrain † Titular Archbishop of Mimiana Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

72.3 Resigned Henri Audrain † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

20.7 Professed Cosme Hoàng Van Dat, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Bishop of Bac Ninh, Viêt Nam

55.5 Appointed Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

59.8 Installed Aloysius John Wycislo † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 55.8 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

18 Apr 63.8 Appointed Emilio Abascal y Salmerón † Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

77.0 Appointed Manuel Pío López Estrada † Titular Archbishop of Druas Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

77.0 Retired Manuel Pío López Estrada † Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México Archbishop Emeritus

84.4 Died Enrique Pérez Serantes † Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

19 Apr 82.5 Died Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia

55.3 Appointed Pierluigi Sartorelli † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya

20 Apr 24.6 Ordained Priest Francesco Biasin Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil

47.8 Appointed Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier † Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

56.5 Appointed Paul Grégoire † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

64.0 Resigned Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

31.6 Ordained Priest Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop of Calcutta, India

25.3 Ordained Priest Anton Stres, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop of Celje, Slovenia

21 Apr 54.2 Ordained Bishop Piotr Bednarczyk † Titular Bishop of Turris Rotunda Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

45.0 Ordained Bishop Blas Victorio Conrero † Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

44.3 Ordained Bishop René Fernández Apaza Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

51.6 Ordained Bishop Guerino Grimaldi † Titular Bishop of Salapia Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

44.9 Ordained Bishop Vekoslav Grmic † Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

23.4 Ordained Priest József Tamás Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania

23 Apr 68.0 Appointed Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Summa Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

68.0 Resigned Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius Bishop Emeritus

77.0 Died Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. † Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

25 Apr 54.6 Appointed Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge † Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France Archbishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge † Titular Archbishop of Curubis Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France

26 Apr 46.1 Appointed Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea † Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

42.5 Appointed Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira Prelate of Yauyos, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

30 Apr 81.7 Died Nicola Capasso † Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	63.1	Appointed	Coleman Francis Carroll †	Archbishop of Miami, Florida, USA
47.0	Appointed	Terence James Cooke †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
44.1	Appointed	René Fernández Apaza	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
56.2	Appointed	Georges Benoit Gassongo †	Apostolic Administrator of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Gibba	Bishop Emeritus of Fort-Rousset, Congo
65.1	Resigned	Emile-Elie Verhille, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Fort-Rousset, Congo	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar	49.4	Appointed	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Bishop of San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
41.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas	Bishop of Copiapó, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Linares, Chile
46.6	Ordained Bishop	Curiacos Moussess †	Bishop of Amadiyah (Chaldean), Iraq
4 Mar	54.3	Installed	George Henry Guilfoyle †	Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
5 Mar	52.7	Installed	Stephen John Kocisko †	Bishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
74.2	Died	Joseph Malouf, S.M.S.P. †	Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite), Lebanon
6 Mar	86.5	Died	Ettore Baranzini †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
57.3	Succeeded	Giuseppe Bonfigioli †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
47.3	Appointed	Néophytos Edelby, B.A. †	Archbishop of Alep (Melkite), Syria
61.8	Appointed	John Joseph Scanlan †	Bishop of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	Bishop Emeritus
68.5	Appointed	Athanasios Toutoungi †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus dei Greco-Melkiti	Archbishop Emeritus of Alep (Melkite), Syria
68.5	Resigned	Athanasios Toutoungi †	Archbishop of Alep (Melkite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
26.4	Professed	Lucas Van Looy, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop of Gent {Ghent, Gand}, Belgium
7 Mar	52.3	Appointed	Joseph Babana †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
60.8	Succeeded	Adrien-Edmond-Maurice Gand †	Bishop of Lille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
59.3	Appointed	Gabriel Koda †	Archbishop of Kerkuk (Chaldean), Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
84.1	Retired	Achille Liènart †	Bishop of Lille, France	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Lille, France
8 Mar	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Joseph Emery †	Titular Bishop of Tamallula	Bishop of Portsmouth, England, Great Britain
38.1	Appointed	Thomas John Gumbleton	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
38.1	Appointed	Thomas John Gumbleton	Titular Bishop of Ululi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
48.0	Appointed	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	Walter Joseph Schoenherr †	Titular Bishop of Timidana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, Michigan, USA
39.6	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado	Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica
59.7	Appointed	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Mar	23.1	Ordained Priest	Michael Aidan Courtney †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi
24.0	Ordained Priest	Richard Brendan Higgins	Priest of Sacramento, California, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
54.8	Appointed	Thomas Joseph Mardaga †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
10 Mar	57.5	Appointed	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
47.0	Ordained Bishop	John McCormack †	Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus
11 Mar	52.2	Appointed	Christophe Adimou †	Bishop of Lokossa, Benin	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin
40.9	Appointed	Louis Charpenet, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Yagoua, Cameroon	Bishop of Yagoua, Cameroon
40.7	Appointed	Jacques Joseph François de Bernon, O.M.I. †	Prefect of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon	Bishop of Maroua-Mokolo, Cameroon
54.7	Appointed	Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
54.7	Appointed	Mariano Gutiérrez Salazar, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Bamaccora	Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
24.0	Ordained Priest	Ernest Léger	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
59.0	Appointed	Félix Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Naha, Japan
59.0	Appointed	Félix Ley, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla	Apostolic Administrator of Naha, Japan
47.0	Succeeded	Philippe Nguyên-Kim-Diên †	Archbishop of Huê, Viêt Nam
56.3	Appointed	Benjamin de Souza Gomes †	Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	59.3	Appointed	John Joseph Cassata †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
59.3	Appointed	John Joseph Cassata †	Titular Bishop of Bida	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
42.1	Appointed	Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Cardinal, Archbishop
42.1	Appointed	Johannes Joachim Degenhardt †	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany
70.0	Appointed	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Titular Bishop of Tigamibena	Bishop Emeritus of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
70.0	Resigned	Benjamin Ibberson Webster †	Bishop of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
13 Mar	42.8	Appointed	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida	Prelate of Calama, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
42.8	Appointed	Orozimbo Fuenzalida y Fuenzalida	Titular Bishop of Burca	Bishop Emeritus of San Bernardo, Chile
14 Mar	53.4	Ordained Bishop	Dennis Walter Hickey †	Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rochester, New York, USA
15 Mar	56.5	Died	Edward Jan Muszynski †	Auxiliary Bishop of Kielce, Poland
16 Mar	55.1	Appointed	Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cambrai, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Appointed	Jean-François Étienne Marie Joseph Ghislaine Gérard Motte, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Sufes	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Cambrai, France
45.5	Appointed	Sefafín Vásquez Elizalde	Bishop of Huejutla, Hidalgo, México	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, México
76.0	Died	Emmet Michael Walsh †	Bishop of Youngstown, Ohio, USA
17 Mar	29.0	Ordained Priest	Youhanna Fouad El-Hage †	Priest of Zahleh (Maronite), Lebanon	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite), Lebanon
19 Mar	60.1	Ordained Bishop	Román Acevedo Rojas †	Titular Bishop of Thamugadi	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
31.1	Ordained Priest	Raymundo Damasceno Assis	Priest of Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil	Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
64.8	Resigned	William Michael Fitzgerald, O.P. †	Apostolic Administrator of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
64.6	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Gazzoli †	Titular Bishop of Forum Flaminii	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
47.5	Ordained Bishop	Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O.C. †	Titular Bishop of Tituli in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Baia, Brazil
51.5	Ordained Bishop	André Charles Lucien Loucheur, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Bafia, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus
24.3	Ordained Priest	Francisco-Javier Lozano	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
38.6	Ordained Bishop	Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. †	Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
20 Mar	57.5	Confirmed	Ignace Antoine II Hayek †	Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
31.0	Ordained Priest	Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Archbishop of Osaka, Japan
23 Mar	28.5	Ordained Priest	Stanislaus Fernandes, S.J.	Priest of Ahmedabad, India	Archbishop of Gandhinagar, India
73.2	Appointed	Jan Nowicki †	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
73.2	Appointed	Jan Nowicki †	Titular Bishop of Pupiana	Apostolic Administrator of Lviv, Ukraine
24 Mar	48.3	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Bongianino †	Titular Bishop of Vulturia	Bishop Emeritus of Tortona, Italy
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Sipendi †	Bishop of Moshi, Tanzania
37.0	Ordained Bishop	Bienvenido Solon Tudtud †	Titular Bishop of Thimida	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
27.2	Ordained Priest	Carlo Maria Viganò	Priest	Official of the Secretariat of State
25 Mar	63.7	Installed	John Joseph Carberry †	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
45.3	Ordained Bishop	Luis Mario Martínez de Lejarza Valle, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Tubunae in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
26.0	Ordained Priest	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.	Priest of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
50.1	Installed	Charles Alexander K. Salatka †	Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Jorge Scarso, O.F.M. Cap.	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
82.5	Died	Ignacy Swirski †	Bishop of Siedlce, Poland
26 Mar	63.9	Appointed	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Archbishop of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
27 Mar	48.6	Appointed	Silvio Maria Dário †	Bishop of Itapeva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.8	Appointed	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Lilybaeum	Archbishop Emeritus of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
70.8	Resigned	Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
57.0	Died	Paul John Hallinan †	Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA
56.3	Appointed	Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni †	Archbishop of Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
66.3	Appointed	Alfredo Rubio Diaz †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
29 Mar	73.8	Died	James Black †	Bishop of Paisley, Scotland, Great Britain
63.9	Appointed	Gabriel Auguste François Marty †	Vicar Apostolic of France, Faithful of Eastern Rites	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Donal Joseph Murray, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Francis Ekka †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India	Bishop of Raigarh, India
59.5	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
59.5	Appointed	Aníbal Muñoz Duque †	Titular Archbishop of Cariana	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
25.1	Ordained Priest	Juan de Dios Mataflorida Pueblos	Priest	Bishop of Butuan, Philippines
24.6	Ordained Priest	Sergio Lasam Utleg	Priest of Tuguegarao, Philippines	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines
25.3	Ordained Priest	Franciscus Jozef Maria Wiertz	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Bishop
31 Mar	25.6	Ordained Priest	Adriano Bernardini	Priest of Pesaro, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
42.2	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Managua, Nicaragua
2 Apr	48.5	Appointed	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
48.5	Appointed	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
54.2	Appointed	Maurice John Dingman †	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Titular Bishop of Rusuca	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
3 Apr	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Raymond James Vonesh †	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
4 Apr	47.1	Appointed	Terence James Cooke †	Bishop of United States of America, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
5 Apr	40.0	Resigned	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 Apr	28.4	Ordained Priest	Filomeno Gonzales Bactol	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Bishop of Naval, Philippines
47.9	Appointed	Emanuele Gerada	Coadjutor Bishop of Malta	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Ireland
54.2	Appointed	Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †	Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	45.5	Appointed	Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma, Argentina	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
45.5	Appointed	Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
9 Apr	33.0	Appointed	Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P.	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
64.3	Died	Edward John Doody †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
47.0	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
47.0	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
35.3	Appointed	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
35.3	Appointed	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
74.0	Appointed	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
74.0	Resigned	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Appointed	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
42.9	Appointed	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
39.7	Appointed	Albert Tshomba Yungu †	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	88.7	Died	Jean-Marcel Rodié †	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
14 Apr	23.5	Ordained Priest	Francisco Cases Andreu	Priest of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
15 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Clément Jeanbart	Priest of Alep (Melkite), Syria	Archbishop
25.2	Ordained Priest	Nikolaki Sawaf	Priest	Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite), Syria
16 Apr	72.3	Appointed	Henri Audrain †	Titular Archbishop of Mimiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
72.3	Resigned	Henri Audrain †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
20.7	Professed	Cosme Hoàng Van Dat, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Bac Ninh, Viêt Nam
55.5	Appointed	Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
59.8	Installed	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	55.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr	63.8	Appointed	Emilio Abascal y Salmerón †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
77.0	Appointed	Manuel Pío López Estrada †	Titular Archbishop of Druas	Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
77.0	Retired	Manuel Pío López Estrada †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Archbishop Emeritus
84.4	Died	Enrique Pérez Serantes †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
19 Apr	82.5	Died	Bertoldo Bühl, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
55.3	Appointed	Pierluigi Sartorelli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya
20 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Biasin	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop of Pesqueira, Pernambuco, Brazil
47.8	Appointed	Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
56.5	Appointed	Paul Grégoire †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
64.0	Resigned	Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31.6	Ordained Priest	Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
25.3	Ordained Priest	Anton Stres, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop of Celje, Slovenia
21 Apr	54.2	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Bednarczyk †	Titular Bishop of Turris Rotunda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Blas Victorio Conrero †	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
44.3	Ordained Bishop	René Fernández Apaza	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Guerino Grimaldi †	Titular Bishop of Salapia	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
44.9	Ordained Bishop	Vekoslav Grmic †	Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
23.4	Ordained Priest	József Tamás	Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop of Alba Iulia, Romania
23 Apr	68.0	Appointed	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
68.0	Resigned	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop Emeritus
77.0	Died	Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
25 Apr	54.6	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge †	Titular Archbishop of Curubis	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
26 Apr	46.1	Appointed	Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea †	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
42.5	Appointed	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
30 Apr	81.7	Died	Nicola Capasso †	Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy

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