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The Year of Our Lord 1972

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DateAgeEventBishopTitleCurrent Title
Mar57.2CeasedLuigi Maria CarliApostolic Administrator of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, ItalyArchbishop of Gaeta, Italy
67.3AppointedMaximilien de FürstenbergCardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
36.8Ordained DeaconJan KonzalDeaconBishop
1 Mar48.4AppointedJosé Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †Auxiliary Bishop of Mercedes, UruguayArchbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
48.4AppointedJosé Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of BellicastrumArchbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
57.6AppointedCarlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †Auxiliary Bishop of Minas, UruguayBishop
57.6AppointedCarlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. †Titular Bishop of BirthaBishop of Minas, Uruguay
67.2DiedJohannes Wiesen, S.V.D. †Prelate of Encarnación y Alto Paraná, Paraguay
70.9ResignedJoseph ZimmermannAuxiliary Bishop of Augsburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Mar67.5DiedOctavio José Calderón y PadillaBishop Emeritus of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
44.4AppointedLolesio (Laurent) FuaheaAuxiliary Bishop of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)Bishop Emeritus
44.4AppointedLolesio (Laurent) FuaheaTitular Bishop of BagaiBishop Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
45.7AppointedRobert SastreBishop of Lokossa, Benin
5 Mar57.1Ordained BishopGiuseppe MoizoTitular Bishop of Caesarea in MauretaniaBishop of Acqui, Italy
6 Mar81.9DiedGiuseppe Obert, P.I.M.E. †Bishop Emeritus of Dinajpur, Bangladesh
62.3AppointedSante PortalupiApostolic Pro-Nuncio to AlgeriaApostolic Nuncio to Portugal
8 Mar46.6AppointedMervyn Alban AlexanderAuxiliary Bishop of Clifton, England, Great BritainBishop Emeritus
46.6AppointedMervyn Alban AlexanderTitular Bishop of PinhelBishop Emeritus of Clifton, England, Great Britain
65.6DiedCarlos Luis GerominiBishop Emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
9 Mar63.7AppointedEnrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †Bishop of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, ItalyBishop Emeritus
10 Mar BornMarko MedoBishop of Gospić-Senj, Croatia
61.9ResignedWilhelm van Bekkum, S.V.D. †Bishop of Ruteng, IndonesiaBishop Emeritus
13 Mar64.0DiedJohn Kwao Amuzu AggeyArchbishop of Lagos, Nigeria
57.3DiedErnesto SeguraAuxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
35.7Ordained PriestIoan ŞişeşteanPriest of Maramureş (Romanian), RomaniaBishop
42.2AppointedJean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel ThomasAuxiliary Bishop of Aire et Dax, FranceBishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
42.2AppointedJean-Charles Jacques Clovis Marcel ThomasTitular Bishop of Gemellae in NumidiaBishop Emeritus of Versailles, France
14 Mar BornRobert Mogapi MphiweBishop of Rustenburg, South Africa
15 MarBornDilmo Franco de CamposAuxiliary Bishop of Anápolis, Goias, Brazil
78.6AppointedCarlo ConfalonieriCardinal-Bishop of PalestrinaCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
77.1AppointedPaolo MarellaCardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa RufinaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Fabric of St. Peter
76.9AppointedLuigi TragliaCardinal-Bishop of AlbanoCardinal, Dean of the College of Cardinals
16 Mar45.3Ordained BishopÁrpád Fábián, O. Praem. †Titular Bishop of ClypiaBishop of Szombathely, Hungary
44.5Ordained BishopLászló Kádár, O. Cist. †Titular Bishop of SaetabisArchbishop of Eger, Hungary
73.8Ordained BishopSándor Klempa, O. Praem. †Titular Bishop of BastiApostolic Administrator Emeritus of Veszprém, Hungary
62.0Ordained BishopLászló LékaiTitular Bishop of Girus TarasiiCardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom, Hungary
17 Mar26.2Ordained PriestJohn Michael QuinnPriest of Detroit, Michigan, USABishop Emeritus of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, USA
18 Mar24.5Ordained PriestAntranig AyvazianPriest of Kamichlié (Armenian), SyriaBishop
BornAleh ButkevichBishop of Vitebsk, Belarus
82.3DiedHector Catry, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop Emeritus of Lahore, Pakistan
40.9Ordained BishopSymphorian Thomas Keeprath, O.F.M. Cap. †Bishop of Jullundur, IndiaBishop Emeritus
23.9Ordained PriestMethod Paul KilainiPriest of Bukoba, TanzaniaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.7Ordained PriestJohannes KreidlerPriest of Rottenburg, GermanyAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
25.5Ordained PriestJoseph Edward KurtzPriest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USAArchbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky, USA
65.7AppointedAchille PalmeriniBishop of Trivento, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Isernia e Venafro, Italy
28.3Ordained PriestSotero Phamo (Thein Myint)PriestBishop Emeritus of Loikaw, Myanmar
52.2AppointedSanto Bartolomeo QuadriApostolic Administrator of Terni e Narni, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
52.2AppointedSanto Bartolomeo QuadriApostolic Administrator of Amelia, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
48.6Ordained BishopFranz Xaver SchwarzenböckTitular Bishop of VageataAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
61.7AppointedFrancesco SpaneddaBishop of Alghero, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
51.3Ordained BishopHeinrich von Soden-FraunhofenTitular Bishop of BelaliAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
19 Mar45.1Ordained BishopRaymond Joseph Louis BouchexTitular Bishop of ElvasArchbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
27.5Ordained PriestAngel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F.Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of MaryBishop Emeritus of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
50.8InstalledCesare PaganiBishop of Città di Castello, ItalyArchbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
50.8InstalledCesare PaganiBishop of Gubbio, ItalyArchbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
55.4CeasedDiego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †Apostolic Administrator of Città di Castello, ItalyBishop of Ischia, Italy
55.4CeasedDiego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †Apostolic Administrator of Gubbio, ItalyBishop of Ischia, Italy
24.1Ordained PriestAdolfo Tito Camacho YllanaPriest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), PhilippinesApostolic Nuncio to Israel
20 Mar29.5Ordained PriestPaul Kenjiro KoriyamaPriest of Kagoshima, JapanBishop Emeritus
25.9Ordained PriestJoseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.Priest of Nagasaki, JapanArchbishop Emeritus
21 Mar BornHailemichael Dejene Hidoto Gamo, O.F.M. Cap.Vicar Apostolic of Soddo, Ethiopia
29.2Ordained PriestJohn Baptist Tseng Chien-tsiPriest of Hwalien, TaiwanAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar BornProkop BrožAuxiliary Bishop-Elect of Hradec Králové, Czechia
62.3AppointedSante PortalupiApostolic Pro-Nuncio to TunisiaApostolic Nuncio to Portugal
23 Mar42.2AppointedDonat ChiassonArchbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
53.0AppointedPaulinus Jeerakath, C.M.I. †Apostolic Exarch of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop of Jagdalpur (Syro-Malabar), India
46.4Ordained BishopJames Joseph McGuinnessTitular Bishop of Sanctus GermanusBishop Emeritus of Nottingham, England, Great Britain
75.0DiedManuel Moll y SalordBishop Emeritus of Tortosa, Spain
38.8AppointedGratian Mundadan, C.M.I.Apostolic Exarch of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), IndiaBishop Emeritus of Bijnor (Syro-Malabar), India
65.5AppointedErnest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †Archbishop of Baghdad, IraqArchbishop Emeritus
66.9ResignedNorbert RobichaudArchbishop of Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaArchbishop Emeritus
24 Mar89.0AppointedAmleto Giovanni CicognaniCardinal-Bishop of OstiaCardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
89.0ConfirmedAmleto Giovanni CicognaniDean of the College of CardinalsCardinal, Secretary Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
43.8AppointedAntonio Ferrándiz Morales, O.F.M. Cap. †Prefect of San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia
BornAlgirdas JurevičiusBishop of Telšiai (-Klaipeda), Lithuania
52.7AppointedGiovanni MarianiApostolic Pro-Nuncio to DahomeyApostolic Nuncio
76.9ConfirmedLuigi TragliaVice-Dean (Sub-Dean) of the College of CardinalsCardinal, Dean
25 Mar25.1Ordained PriestVincenzo ApicellaPriest of Roma {Rome}, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Velletri-Segni, Italy
37.8AppointedMiguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, PeruBishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
37.8AppointedMiguel Irizar Campos, C.P. †Titular Bishop of EloBishop Emeritus of Callao, Peru
AppointedBasile KanakriPatriarchal Vicar of Kuwait (Melkite Greek)Patriarchal Vicar Emeritus
23.4Ordained DeaconSalvatore LigorioDeacon of Taranto, ItalyArchbishop Emeritus of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo, Italy
52.2AppointedBernard MabulaBishop of Singida, TanzaniaBishop Emeritus
25.8Ordained PriestAndré MarceauPriest of Bordeaux (-Bazas), FranceBishop Emeritus of Nice, France
45.3Ordained BishopManfred MüllerTitular Bishop of IubaltianaBishop Emeritus of Regensburg, Germany
66.3AppointedFrancisco Javier Nuño y GuerreroArchbishop (Personal Title) of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
BornIvanildo Oliveira AlmeidaBishop of Cametá, Para, Brazil
59.2ResignedGregorio Elias Olazar Muruaga, C.P. †Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas, PeruVicar Apostolic Emeritus
55.4AppointedDiego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, ItalyBishop of Ischia, Italy
55.4AppointedDiego Parodi, M.C.C.I. †Apostolic Administrator of Ischia, ItalyBishop
60.6ResignedJules-Joseph Puset, S.M.M. †Bishop of Tamatave, MadagascarBishop Emeritus
27.5Ordained PriestAgustín Roberto Radrizzani, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoArchbishop Emeritus of Mercedes-Luján, Argentina
38.1AppointedJean-Guy Rakodondravahatra, M.S. †Bishop of Ihosy, Madagascar
39.5AppointedRené Joseph RakotondrabéAuxiliary Bishop of Tuléar, MadagascarBishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
39.5AppointedRené Joseph RakotondrabéTitular Bishop of UmbriaticoBishop Emeritus of Toamasina, Madagascar
57.0AppointedJérôme RazafindrazakaBishop of Tamatave, MadagascarBishop Emeritus
27.9Ordained PriestVincenzo Savio, S.D.B. †Priest of Salesians of Saint John BoscoBishop of Belluno-Feltre, Italy
57.7Ordained BishopRudolf SchmidTitular Bishop of DionysianaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg, Germany
65.1AppointedLeonardo Viera ContrerasBishop of Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, MéxicoBishop Emeritus
31 Mar79.1DiedEdward Aloysius FitzgeraldBishop Emeritus of Winona, Minnesota, USA
83.1DiedRamón Iglesias NavarriBishop Emeritus of Urgell, Spain
81.8DiedJoseph PaceBishop of Gozo, Malta
2 Apr28.5Ordained PriestJosé Trinidad González RodríguezPriestAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
29.6Ordained PriestJosé Refugio Mercado DíazPriest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MéxicoAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
25.3Ordained PriestTeodoro Enrique Pino MirandaPriest of Hermosillo, Sonora, MéxicoBishop of Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca, México
3 Apr BornBertrand Guy Richard Appora-Ngalanibé, O.P.Bishop of Bambari, Central African Republic
25.5Ordained PriestJean-Noël DioufPriestBishop Emeritus of Tambacounda, Senegal
24.2Ordained PriestFrancisco Javier Martínez FernándezPriest of Madrid, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Granada, Spain
28.1Ordained PriestBraulio Rodríguez PlazaPriest of Madrid, SpainArchbishop Emeritus of Toledo, Spain
23.0Ordained PriestGyörgy SnellPriest of Vác, HungaryAuxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
5 Apr53.8AppointedJorge Manuel LópezArchbishop of Corrientes, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus of Rosario, Argentina
40.0AppointedRodolfo Quezada ToruñoAuxiliary Bishop of Zacapa, GuatemalaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
40.0AppointedRodolfo Quezada ToruñoTitular Bishop of GadiaufalaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Guatemala
77.0RetiredFrancisco VicentínArchbishop of Corrientes, ArgentinaArchbishop Emeritus
44.0AppointedAtilano Vidal NúñezAuxiliary Bishop of Rosario, ArgentinaBishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
44.0AppointedAtilano Vidal NúñezTitular Bishop of SelendetaBishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
6 Apr68.1DiedManuel Martín del Campo PadillaArchbishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México
BornJustin Alexander MadathiparambilAuxiliary Bishop of Vijayapuram, India
80.0DiedMaurizio RaspiniBishop Emeritus of Oppido Mamertina, Italy
7 Apr38.0SucceededPatelisio Punou-Ki-Hihifo Finau, S.M. †Bishop of Tonga, Pacific (Oceania)
56.1SucceededEugène Klein, M.S.C. †Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)Archbishop Emeritus
62.1ResignedPierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. †Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)Archbishop Emeritus
56.4AppointedJohn Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †Titular Bishop of Caput CillaBishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
39.6AppointedOskar SaierAuxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau, GermanyArchbishop Emeritus
39.6AppointedOskar SaierTitular Bishop of RubiconArchbishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
8 Apr26.3Ordained PriestPaulo Sérgio MachadoPriest of Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, BrazilBishop Emeritus of São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
23.7Ordained PriestRaffaello MartinelliPriest of Bergamo, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Frascati, Italy
38.4Ordained BishopLibardo Ramírez GómezBishop of Armenia, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Garzón, Colombia
9 Apr56.8InstalledAldo Del MonteBishop of Novara, ItalyBishop Emeritus
BornDominic Nguyễn Tuan AnhAuxiliary Bishop of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
25.7Ordained PriestAnthony John Valentine ObinnaPriest of Owerri, NigeriaArchbishop Emeritus of Owerri, Nigeria
55.6Ordained BishopAfonso de Oliveira Lima, S.D.S. †Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão, BrazilBishop Emeritus
BornFrançois SyllaCoadjutor Archbishop of Conakry {Konakry}, Guinea
11 Apr54.6ResignedOscar Félix VillenaBishop of San Rafael, ArgentinaBishop Emeritus
12 Apr25.9Ordained PriestJesús Carlos Cabrero RomeroPriest of San Luis Potosí, MéxicoArchbishop Emeritus
64.0ResignedAntoni Léon Louis CaillotBishop of Évreux, FranceBishop Emeritus
41.9AppointedJuan Luis Ysern de ArceAuxiliary Bishop of Antofagasta, ChileBishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
41.9AppointedJuan Luis Ysern de ArceTitular Bishop of GuardialfieraBishop Emeritus of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile
13 Apr86.0DiedTheodosius Jan J. Herkenrath, SS.CC. †Prefect Emeritus of Banka e Biliton, Indonesia
14 Apr66.5DiedJoseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A. †Bishop Emeritus of Keta, Ghana
BornPierre Suon HanglyPrefect of Kompong-Cham, Cambodia
15 Apr30.4Ordained PriestLucio Alfert, O.M.I.Priest of Oblates of Mary ImmaculateVicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo, Paraguay
57.2AppointedSalvatore DeloguAuxiliary Bishop of Cagliari, ItalyBishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
57.2AppointedSalvatore DeloguTitular Bishop of CannaeBishop Emeritus of Valva e Sulmona, Italy
60.0AppointedPaolo GhizzoniBishop of San Miniato, Italy
17 Apr75.0RetiredMartin Walter StantonAuxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, USAAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr BornJúlio César Gomes MoreiraAuxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
74.1ResignedJames Vincent Pardy, M.M. †Titular Bishop of UmbriaticoBishop Emeritus of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
19 Apr BornMarcelo Antônio da SilvaAuxiliary Bishop of Santo Amaro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
51.3AppointedBl. Eduardo Francisco PironioBishop of Mar del Plata, ArgentinaCardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
20 Apr47.2AppointedJean-Baptiste DécosteBishop of Hinche, Haïti
60.9AppointedCarl-Édouard Peters, S.M.M. †Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti
BornRufino Coronel Sescon Jr.Bishop-Elect of Balanga, Philippines
38.3AppointedRaúl Eduardo Vela ChiribogaAuxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil, EcuadorCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
38.3AppointedRaúl Eduardo Vela ChiribogaTitular Bishop of AusafaCardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
21 Apr56.0DiedWojciech Stanisław OlszowskiPriest of Lviv, Ukraine
22 Apr44.1Ordained BishopCelso Pereira de Almeida, O.P. †Titular Bishop of CamplumBishop Emeritus of Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil
23 Apr44.1Ordained BishopAtilano Vidal NúñezTitular Bishop of SelendetaBishop of Santa Rosa, Argentina
24 Apr32.6Ordained PriestJoseph Kunnath, C.M.I.Priest of Carmelites of Mary ImmaculateBishop Emeritus of Adilabad (Syro-Malabar), India
57.5AppointedAgapito SimeoniAuxiliary Bishop of Avellino, ItalyBishop of Ariano, Italy
57.5AppointedAgapito SimeoniTitular Bishop of Marazanae RegiaeBishop of Ariano, Italy
25 Apr46.8Ordained BishopMervyn Alban AlexanderTitular Bishop of PinhelBishop Emeritus of Clifton, England, Great Britain
63.9Ordained BishopJohn Baptist Rosner, S.A.C. †Bishop of Queenstown, South AfricaBishop Emeritus
26 Apr47.3AppointedHernando Rojas RamirezCoadjutor Bishop of Espinal, ColombiaBishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
47.3AppointedHernando Rojas RamirezTitular Bishop of AucaBishop Emeritus of Neiva, Colombia
28 Apr68.6DiedAlfred Bertram LevermanBishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
29 Apr47.3AppointedUbaldo CalabresiApostolic Pro-Nuncio to SudanApostolic Nuncio
BornAnthony Cerdan CelinoAuxiliary Bishop of El Paso, Texas, USA
30 Apr48.6Ordained BishopJosé Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. †Titular Bishop of BellicastrumArchbishop Emeritus of Montevideo, Uruguay
24.3Ordained PriestJan KopiecPriest of Opole, PolandBishop Emeritus of Gliwice, Poland
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