The Year of Our Lord 1999

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 58.8 Appointed Gilbert Louis Bishop of Châlons, France

2 Mar 55.6 Appointed Frederick Francis Campbell Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

55.6 Appointed Frederick Francis Campbell Titular Bishop of Afufenia Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA

81.2 Retired Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

89.1 Died Francisco Nunes Teixeira † Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique

86.1 Died Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. † Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy

3 Mar 62.1 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

62.1 Appointed Pier Luigi Celata Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber

49.7 Appointed Adriano Ciocca Vasino Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

54.1 Appointed Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

67.1 Died Gian Vincenzo Moreni † Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

75.3 Retired Giovanni Moretti Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

75.3 Retired Giovanni Moretti Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium

6 Mar 75.6 Retired Luigi Belloli † Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

64.5 Appointed Domenico Crusco Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.5 Appointed Francesco Lambiasi Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy Bishop of Rimini, Italy

75.3 Retired Augusto Lauro Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Luis Robles Díaz † Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America

8 Mar 61.9 Appointed Paul Marchand, S.M.M. † Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada

9 Mar 49.0 Installed Jose Serofia Palma Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines

10 Mar 69.1 Resigned Antoine Hamid Mourany † Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

11 Mar 68.9 Resigned Paul Consbruch † Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 52.6 Installed Carlos José Ñáñez Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina

13 Mar 64.9 Died Isidore de Souza † Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin

14 Mar 85.9 Died Gilberto Baroni † Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

83.4 Died Arthur Joseph Gilbert † Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

16 Mar 65.4 Appointed Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul Titular Bishop of Lamzella Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina

57.2 Installed Stephen Edward Blaire Bishop of Stockton, California, USA

54.2 Appointed Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D. Bishop of Yendi, Ghana

42.8 Ordained Bishop Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog Titular Bishop of Reperi Bishop of Surigao, Philippines

76.3 Retired Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. † Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Secretary Emeritus

66.0 Appointed Walter Kasper Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Cardinal, President Emeritus

41.3 Appointed Jacob Venance Koda Bishop of Same, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

56.8 Appointed Josaphat Louis Lebulu Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania

67.6 Appointed Benedict John Osta, S.J. Archbishop of Patna, India Archbishop Emeritus

46.8 Appointed Rafael Masahiro Umemura Bishop of Yokohama, Japan

17 Mar 69.8 Appointed Osório Bebber, O.F.M. Cap. Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Installed Michael Patrick Driscoll Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA

63.9 Appointed Luc Julian Matthys Bishop of Armidale, Australia Bishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Henrique Müller, O.F.M. † Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

18 Mar 41.3 Appointed José Luis Azuaje Ayala Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela

41.3 Appointed José Luis Azuaje Ayala Titular Bishop of Italica Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela

55.7 Appointed Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela

75.1 Retired Remi Joseph De Roo Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Bishop Emeritus

57.1 Appointed Bernard Genoud † Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

48.4 Appointed Leopoldo González González Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

48.4 Appointed Leopoldo González González Titular Bishop of Voncaria Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México

63.8 Appointed Gustavo Martínez Frías † Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia

62.7 Installed Luis Morales Reyes Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Succeeded Raymond Roussin, S. M. Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

56.5 Appointed Rubén Salazar Gómez Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia

75.7 Retired Félix María Torres Parra † Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

19 Mar 52.4 Appointed Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B. Superior General of Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy

51.7 Ordained Bishop Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E. Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil

57.8 Ordained Bishop Jean Gagnon Titular Bishop of Lamdia Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada

53.4 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Paruzzo Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

20 Mar 66.3 Ordained Bishop Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba Bishop of Zacatecas, México Bishop Emeritus

52.7 Installed Salvatore Gristina Bishop of Acireale, Italy Archbishop of Catania, Italy

55.3 Appointed Francisco-Javier Lozano Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

55.9 Ordained Bishop Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala

59.8 Ordained Bishop Salvatore Nunnari Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

21 Mar 75.2 Died Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

103.5 Died John Linus Paschang † Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA

24 Mar 54.8 Appointed Bruno Pedron, S.D.B. Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil

77.3 Retired Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil Abbot Emeritus

48.8 Appointed Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

25 Mar 59.1 Appointed Luigi Bressan Archbishop of Trento, Italy

49.8 Installed Frederick Joseph Colli Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

52.6 Ordained Bishop Louis Dicaire Titular Bishop of Thizica Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada

58.6 Installed Paul Stephen Loverde Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA

53.3 Ordained Bishop Anthony Mancini Titular Bishop of Natchitoches Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

67.3 Appointed Umberto Tramma † Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

54.3 Appointed Luigi Ventura Apostolic Nuncio to Chile Apostolic Nuncio to France

26 Mar 76.6 Retired Luis Aponte Martínez † Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Paul Bùi Văn Ðoc Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam

88.8 Died Carlo Fanton † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy

48.8 Appointed Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M. Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

77.1 Retired André Nguyên Van Nam † Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus

30 Mar 92.4 Died Manuel Pedro da Cunha Cintra † Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

76.8 Died Clemente Riva, I.C. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

31 Mar 59.2 Appointed Diego Causero Apostolic Nuncio to Syria Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland

Apr 75.4 Retired Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Apostolic Nuncio to Iran Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus

2 Apr 84.0 Died Manuel António Pires † Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola

3 Apr 39.9 Appointed Sergio Alfredo Fenoy Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

39.9 Appointed Sergio Alfredo Fenoy Titular Bishop of Satafis Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina

4 Apr 69.2 Died Ugo Donato Bianchi † Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

5 Apr 59.3 Selected Joseph Roduit, C.R.A. Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland

6 Apr 62.0 Appointed Antonio Franco Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel

9 Apr 91.5 Died Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

10 Apr 75.5 Retired Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

48.5 Ordained Bishop Balázs Bábel Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary Archbishop

44.2 Ordained Bishop Dieudonné Bogmis Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon

51.3 Ordained Bishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

11 Apr 58.9 Ordained Bishop Gilbert Louis Bishop of Châlons, France

52.9 Ordained Bishop Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

12 Apr 78.1 Died Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. † Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran

14 Apr 48.1 Appointed William Enrique Delgado Silva Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela

50.2 Appointed Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela

16 Apr 49.1 Appointed Felix Genn Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany Bishop of Münster, Germany

49.1 Appointed Felix Genn Titular Bishop of Uzalis Bishop of Münster, Germany

60.4 Appointed Werner Thissen Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany

60.4 Appointed Werner Thissen Titular Bishop of Scampa Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany

17 Apr 56.9 Ordained Bishop Pietro Farina Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy Bishop of Caserta, Italy

46.4 Ordained Bishop Christopher Kakooza Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda

18 Apr 56.4 Ordained Bishop António Maria Bessa Taipa Titular Bishop of Tabbora Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal

19 Apr 65.1 Appointed Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M. Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Thomas Kaboré Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso

64.6 Appointed Henk Kronenberg, S.M. Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus

79.3 Retired Bernard Mabula † Bishop of Singida, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

46.6 Appointed Michael Gorō Matsuura Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan

46.6 Appointed Michael Gorō Matsuura Titular Bishop of Sfasferia Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan

51.9 Appointed Desiderius M. Rwoma Bishop of Singida, Tanzania Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania

20 Apr 78.2 Installed Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

52.2 Ordained Bishop Thomas James Olmsted Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA

21 Apr 60.3 Ordained Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon

56.5 Appointed André Armand Vingt-Trois Archbishop of Tours, France Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France

22 Apr 77.9 Died Antonio Lloren Mabutas † Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines

94.2 Died Plinio Pascoli † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

23 Apr 51.8 Appointed Luis Quinteiro Fiuza Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain

51.8 Appointed Luis Quinteiro Fiuza Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain

24 Apr 45.2 Appointed Grzegorz Balcerek Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

45.2 Appointed Grzegorz Balcerek Titular Bishop of Selendeta Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland

41.8 Appointed Wlodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland

47.6 Appointed Lawrence Mukkuzhy Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabarese), India

64.5 Appointed Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P. Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina Bishop Emeritus

49.6 Appointed Tadeusz Pikus Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

49.6 Appointed Tadeusz Pikus Titular Bishop of Lysinia Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

50.8 Appointed Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina † Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

50.8 Appointed Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina † Titular Bishop of Vergi Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

51.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda

58.5 Appointed Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S. Titular Archbishop of Acelum Apostolic Nuncio to Other

26 Apr 75.5 Died Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller † Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands

27 Apr 49.3 Appointed Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain Bishop of Málaga, Spain

60.3 Appointed Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B. Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy

28 Apr 84.5 Died Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy † Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France

29 Apr 64.9 Appointed Marcel Paul Herriot Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Appointed Giuseppe Leanza Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

30 Apr 52.7 Appointed Marc Camille Michel Stenger Bishop of Troyes, France

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	58.8	Appointed	Gilbert Louis	Bishop of Châlons, France
2 Mar	55.6	Appointed	Frederick Francis Campbell	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
55.6	Appointed	Frederick Francis Campbell	Titular Bishop of Afufenia	Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, USA
81.2	Retired	Dominic Joseph Chwane Khumalo, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Durban, South Africa	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
89.1	Died	Francisco Nunes Teixeira †	Bishop Emeritus of Quelimane, Mozambique
86.1	Died	Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. †	Bishop Emeritus of Ventimiglia-San Remo, Italy
3 Mar	62.1	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
62.1	Appointed	Pier Luigi Celata	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Vice-Chamberlain of the Apostolic Chamber
49.7	Appointed	Adriano Ciocca Vasino	Bishop of Floresta, Pernambuco, Brazil	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
54.1	Appointed	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
67.1	Died	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
75.3	Retired	Giovanni Moretti	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Giovanni Moretti	Apostolic Nuncio to Luxembourg	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Belgium
6 Mar	75.6	Retired	Luigi Belloli †	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
64.5	Appointed	Domenico Crusco	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.5	Appointed	Francesco Lambiasi	Bishop of Anagni-Alatri, Italy	Bishop of Rimini, Italy
75.3	Retired	Augusto Lauro	Bishop of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Luis Robles Díaz †	Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba	Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
8 Mar	61.9	Appointed	Paul Marchand, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Timmins, Ontario, Canada
9 Mar	49.0	Installed	Jose Serofia Palma	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines	Archbishop of Cebu, Philippines
10 Mar	69.1	Resigned	Antoine Hamid Mourany †	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
11 Mar	68.9	Resigned	Paul Consbruch †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	52.6	Installed	Carlos José Ñáñez	Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina
13 Mar	64.9	Died	Isidore de Souza †	Archbishop of Cotonou, Benin
14 Mar	85.9	Died	Gilberto Baroni †	Bishop Emeritus of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
83.4	Died	Arthur Joseph Gilbert †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
16 Mar	65.4	Appointed	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul	Auxiliary Bishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Horacio Ernesto Benites Astoul	Titular Bishop of Lamzella	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Buenos Aires, Argentina
57.2	Installed	Stephen Edward Blaire	Bishop of Stockton, California, USA
54.2	Appointed	Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D.	Bishop of Yendi, Ghana
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Bishop of Surigao, Philippines
76.3	Retired	Pierre François Marie Joseph Duprey, M. Afr. †	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Secretary Emeritus
66.0	Appointed	Walter Kasper	Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity	Cardinal, President Emeritus
41.3	Appointed	Jacob Venance Koda	Bishop of Same, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
56.8	Appointed	Josaphat Louis Lebulu	Archbishop of Arusha, Tanzania
67.6	Appointed	Benedict John Osta, S.J.	Archbishop of Patna, India	Archbishop Emeritus
46.8	Appointed	Rafael Masahiro Umemura	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan
17 Mar	69.8	Appointed	Osório Bebber, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Installed	Michael Patrick Driscoll	Bishop of Boise City, Idaho, USA
63.9	Appointed	Luc Julian Matthys	Bishop of Armidale, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Henrique Müller, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Joaçaba, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
18 Mar	41.3	Appointed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Auxiliary Bishop of Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela
41.3	Appointed	José Luis Azuaje Ayala	Titular Bishop of Italica	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela
55.7	Appointed	Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo	Bishop of Margarita, Venezuela	Bishop of Maracay, Venezuela
75.1	Retired	Remi Joseph De Roo	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	Bernard Genoud †	Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
48.4	Appointed	Leopoldo González González	Auxiliary Bishop of Morelia, Michoacán, México	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
48.4	Appointed	Leopoldo González González	Titular Bishop of Voncaria	Bishop of Tapachula, Chiapas, México
63.8	Appointed	Gustavo Martínez Frías †	Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia
62.7	Installed	Luis Morales Reyes	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Succeeded	Raymond Roussin, S. M.	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
56.5	Appointed	Rubén Salazar Gómez	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
75.7	Retired	Félix María Torres Parra †	Archbishop of Barranquilla, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Mar	52.4	Appointed	Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B.	Superior General of Fraternità Sacerdotale dei Missionari di San Carlo Borromeo	Bishop of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla, Italy
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Giuliano Frigeni, P.I.M.E.	Bishop of Parintins, Amazonas, Brazil
57.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean Gagnon	Titular Bishop of Lamdia	Bishop of Gaspé, Québec, Canada
53.4	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Paruzzo	Bishop of Ourinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Mar	66.3	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Mario Chávez Ruvalcaba	Bishop of Zacatecas, México	Bishop Emeritus
52.7	Installed	Salvatore Gristina	Bishop of Acireale, Italy	Archbishop of Catania, Italy
55.3	Appointed	Francisco-Javier Lozano	Apostolic Nuncio to Congo, Democratic Republic of	Apostolic Nuncio to Romania
55.9	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Antonio Martinez Paredes	Bishop of Sololá-Chimaltenango, Guatemala	Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala
59.8	Ordained Bishop	Salvatore Nunnari	Archbishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia, Italy	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
21 Mar	75.2	Died	Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
103.5	Died	John Linus Paschang †	Bishop Emeritus of Grand Island, Nebraska, USA
24 Mar	54.8	Appointed	Bruno Pedron, S.D.B.	Coadjutor Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil
77.3	Retired	Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist.	Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
48.8	Appointed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Apostolic Administrator of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 Mar	59.1	Appointed	Luigi Bressan	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
49.8	Installed	Frederick Joseph Colli	Bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Louis Dicaire	Titular Bishop of Thizica	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, Québec, Canada
58.6	Installed	Paul Stephen Loverde	Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, USA
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Mancini	Titular Bishop of Natchitoches	Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
67.3	Appointed	Umberto Tramma †	Official of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
54.3	Appointed	Luigi Ventura	Apostolic Nuncio to Chile	Apostolic Nuncio to France
26 Mar	76.6	Retired	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Paul Bùi Văn Ðoc	Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam
88.8	Died	Carlo Fanton †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
48.8	Appointed	Roberto Octavio González Nieves, O.F.M.	Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
77.1	Retired	André Nguyên Van Nam †	Bishop of My Tho, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus
30 Mar	92.4	Died	Manuel Pedro da Cunha Cintra †	Bishop Emeritus of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
76.8	Died	Clemente Riva, I.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
31 Mar	59.2	Appointed	Diego Causero	Apostolic Nuncio to Syria	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland
Apr	75.4	Retired	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Apostolic Nuncio to Iran	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
2 Apr	84.0	Died	Manuel António Pires †	Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
3 Apr	39.9	Appointed	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
39.9	Appointed	Sergio Alfredo Fenoy	Titular Bishop of Satafis	Bishop of San Miguel, Argentina
4 Apr	69.2	Died	Ugo Donato Bianchi †	Archbishop of Urbino-Urbania-Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
5 Apr	59.3	Selected	Joseph Roduit, C.R.A.	Abbot of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland
6 Apr	62.0	Appointed	Antonio Franco	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Israel
9 Apr	91.5	Died	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
10 Apr	75.5	Retired	Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
48.5	Ordained Bishop	Balázs Bábel	Coadjutor Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary	Archbishop
44.2	Ordained Bishop	Dieudonné Bogmis	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Bishop of Eséka, Cameroon
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa	Archbishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
11 Apr	58.9	Ordained Bishop	Gilbert Louis	Bishop of Châlons, France
52.9	Ordained Bishop	Odon Marie Arsène Razanakolona	Bishop of Ambanja, Madagascar	Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
12 Apr	78.1	Died	Vartan Tekeyan, I.C.P.B. †	Bishop of Ispahan {Esfáan) (Armenian), Iran
14 Apr	48.1	Appointed	William Enrique Delgado Silva	Bishop of El Vigia-San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela
50.2	Appointed	Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez	Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
16 Apr	49.1	Appointed	Felix Genn	Auxiliary Bishop of Trier, Germany	Bishop of Münster, Germany
49.1	Appointed	Felix Genn	Titular Bishop of Uzalis	Bishop of Münster, Germany
60.4	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
60.4	Appointed	Werner Thissen	Titular Bishop of Scampa	Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany
17 Apr	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Pietro Farina	Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo, Italy	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Christopher Kakooza	Titular Bishop of Casae in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Kampala, Uganda
18 Apr	56.4	Ordained Bishop	António Maria Bessa Taipa	Titular Bishop of Tabbora	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal
19 Apr	65.1	Appointed	Austen Robin Crapp, O.F.M.	Bishop of Aitape, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Thomas Kaboré	Bishop of Kaya, Burkina Faso
64.6	Appointed	Henk Kronenberg, S.M.	Bishop of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
79.3	Retired	Bernard Mabula †	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
46.6	Appointed	Michael Gorō Matsuura	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan
46.6	Appointed	Michael Gorō Matsuura	Titular Bishop of Sfasferia	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan
51.9	Appointed	Desiderius M. Rwoma	Bishop of Singida, Tanzania	Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania
20 Apr	78.2	Installed	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
52.2	Ordained Bishop	Thomas James Olmsted	Coadjutor Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
21 Apr	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Francis Teke Lysinge	Bishop of Mamfe, Cameroon
56.5	Appointed	André Armand Vingt-Trois	Archbishop of Tours, France	Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, France
22 Apr	77.9	Died	Antonio Lloren Mabutas †	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
94.2	Died	Plinio Pascoli †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
23 Apr	51.8	Appointed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain	Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
51.8	Appointed	Luis Quinteiro Fiuza	Titular Bishop of Fuerteventura	Bishop of Tui-Vigo, Spain
24 Apr	45.2	Appointed	Grzegorz Balcerek	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
45.2	Appointed	Grzegorz Balcerek	Titular Bishop of Selendeta	Auxiliary Bishop of Poznań, Poland
41.8	Appointed	Wlodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.	Bishop of Wrocław-Gdańsk (Ukrainian), Poland
47.6	Appointed	Lawrence Mukkuzhy	Bishop of Belthangady (Syro-Malabarese), India
64.5	Appointed	Miguel Mykycej, F.D.P.	Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires (Ukrainian), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
49.6	Appointed	Tadeusz Pikus	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
49.6	Appointed	Tadeusz Pikus	Titular Bishop of Lysinia	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
50.8	Appointed	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
50.8	Appointed	Salvador Emilio Riverón Cortina †	Titular Bishop of Vergi	Auxiliary Bishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti	Titular Bishop of Maximiana in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Portal, Uganda
58.5	Appointed	Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.	Titular Archbishop of Acelum	Apostolic Nuncio to Other
26 Apr	75.5	Died	Johann Bernard Wilhelm Maria Möller †	Bishop of Groningen, Netherlands
27 Apr	49.3	Appointed	Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop of Málaga, Spain
60.3	Appointed	Francesco Pio Tamburrino, O.S.B.	Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments	Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino, Italy
28 Apr	84.5	Died	Joseph-Marie-Georges-Michel Goupy †	Bishop Emeritus of Blois, France
29 Apr	64.9	Appointed	Marcel Paul Herriot	Bishop of Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin), France	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Appointed	Giuseppe Leanza	Apostolic Nuncio to Bosnia-Herzegovina	Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic
30 Apr	52.7	Appointed	Marc Camille Michel Stenger	Bishop of Troyes, France