The Year of Our Lord 2012

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 68.5 Installed Leslie Rogers Tomlinson Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia

2 Mar 75.4 Died José Adolfo Mojica Morales † Bishop Emeritus of Sonsonate, El Salvador

75.0 Retired José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

3 Mar 50.5 Ordained Bishop Julio Murat Titular Archbishop of Orange Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun

74.2 Died Stephen M. Tiru † Bishop of Khunti, India

4 Mar 54.3 Ordained Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil

89.8 Died John Charles Reiss † Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA

52.6 Ordained Bishop Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. Titular Bishop of Phelbes Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay

5 Mar 48.1 Appointed Binay Kandulna Apostolic Administrator of Khunti, India Bishop

6 Mar 53.0 Appointed Kuriakose Bharanikulangara Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop

7 Mar 71.4 Appointed Lorenzo Baldisseri Secretary of the College of Cardinals Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops

61.0 Appointed Paulo Mendes Peixoto Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

75.7 Retired Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. † Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus

8 Mar 64.5 Appointed Liam Stephen Cary Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA

78.0 Ceased William Stephen Skylstad Apostolic Administrator of Baker, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA

9 Mar 91.9 Died José Tomás Sánchez † Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy

10 Mar 55.7 Appointed Francesco Alfano Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

75.9 Retired Felice Cece Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

74.3 Died Hermín Negrón Santana † Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico

11 Mar 52.7 Installed Hervé Gaschignard Bishop of Aire et Dax, France Bishop Emeritus

12 Mar 69.1 Died Augustin Misago † Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda

67.4 Died Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil † Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

13 Mar 84.5 Died Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. † Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark

14 Mar 41.9 Appointed Eduardo José Castillo Pino Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador

41.9 Appointed Eduardo José Castillo Pino Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador

60.6 Appointed Adalberto Martínez Flores Bishop of Paraguay, Military Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay

15 Mar 67.9 Installed Paul Lortie Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

72.9 Appointed Edwin Frederick O’Brien Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

78.5 Appointed Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo en Ecuador Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador

16 Mar 71.7 Laicized Raymond John Lahey

17 Mar 72.0 Appointed Rufin Anthony † Apostolic Administrator of Faisalabad, Pakistan Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan

68.5 Appointed Mario Roberto Cassari † Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta

50.5 Ordained Bishop Santo Rocco Gangemi Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

47.8 Ordained Bishop Jozef Hal’ko Titular Bishop of Serra Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava, Slovakia

50.2 Installed João Santos Cardoso Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil

18 Mar 74.5 Died Anárghyros Printesis † Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)

52.4 Ordained Bishop Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Idassa Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil

20 Mar 76.0 Retired Thomas George Doran † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

89.8 Died Ante Juric † Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia

60.5 Appointed Christian Lépine Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

60.5 Installed Christian Lépine Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada

60.8 Appointed William Edward Lori Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA

56.1 Appointed David John Malloy Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA

47.9 Appointed Gregory Lawrence Parkes Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA

75.7 Retired Jean-Claude Turcotte † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

21 Mar 88.7 Died John George Chedid † Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA

62.7 Appointed Adriano Ciocca Vasino Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil

58.1 Installed Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. Archbishop of Perth, Australia

53.4 Appointed Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

53.4 Appointed Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Accia Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil

48.8 Appointed José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

48.8 Appointed José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos Titular Bishop of Canapium Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil

67.7 Ceased Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen Apostolic Administrator of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil Bishop of Goiás, Brazil

24 Mar 63.8 Ordained Bishop Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

50.6 Appointed Santo Rocco Gangemi Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador

49.5 Ordained Bishop Vincent Harolimana Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda

89.2 Died Edward Henryk Materski † Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland

50.8 Ordained Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya

43.2 Appointed Wiesław Śmigiel Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland Bishop of Toruń, Poland

43.2 Appointed Wiesław Śmigiel Titular Bishop of Beatia Bishop of Toruń, Poland

25 Mar 58.8 Installed Francesco Moraglia Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy

44.8 Ordained Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp Titular Bishop of Frequentium Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

26 Mar 63.3 Installed Joseph Luc André Bouchard Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

29 Mar 88.1 Died Paulino Reale Chirina † Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina

30 Mar 62.9 Appointed Luis Artemio Flores Calzada Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México

2 Apr 63.5 Appointed Mark Benedict Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia

74.3 Ceased Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia

3 Apr 60.4 Appointed Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D. Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

79.2 Died Arduino Bertoldo † Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy

81.7 Died Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R. † Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada

65.9 Appointed Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México

76.7 Retired Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña † Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

83.3 Died Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. † Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil

75.7 Retired Luis Morales Reyes Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México Archbishop Emeritus

4 Apr 52.5 Appointed Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes Bishop of Bolivia, Military Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia

75.5 Retired Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. † Bishop of Bolivia, Military Bishop Emeritus

63.7 Appointed Francesco Milito Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy

52.1 Appointed Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

52.1 Appointed Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela

6 Apr 76.6 Died Felipe Fernández García † Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain

7 Apr 81.5 Died Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud † Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon

10 Apr 89.6 Died Luis Aponte Martínez † Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico

79.2 Died Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia

11 Apr 55.2 Appointed Natale Paganelli, S.X. Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra Leone

83.9 Died Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

13 Apr 86.1 Died Mario Rizzi † Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria

14 Apr 51.5 Ordained Bishop Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine Bishop of Ajaccio, France

56.5 Ordained Bishop Lorenzo Leuzzi Titular Bishop of Aemona Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy

53.6 Ordained Bishop John Oballa Owaa Bishop of Ngong, Kenya

57.0 Ordained Bishop José Manuel Romero Barrios Titular Bishop of Materiana Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela

50.1 Ordained Bishop Luis José Rueda Aparicio Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

48.8 Ordained Bishop Luciano Russo Titular Archbishop of Monteverde Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria

51.0 Appointed Marek Solczyński Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania

38.8 Ordained Bishop Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Quiza Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania

56.5 Ordained Bishop Matteo Maria Zuppi Titular Bishop of Villa Nova Archbishop of Bologna, Italy

15 Apr 50.2 Ordained Bishop Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S. Titular Bishop of Naiera Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

55.8 Installed Airton José dos Santos Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

53.9 Ordained Bishop Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe Titular Bishop of Strathernia Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

61.3 Converted Carl Leonard Reid Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia

16 Apr 82.2 Died Antoine Hamid Mourany † Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite), Syria

18 Apr 91.6 Died José Cerviño Cerviño † Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain

53.0 Appointed Miguel Ángel D’Annibale Apostolic Administrator of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop of San Martín, Argentina

69.7 Installed Arrigo Miglio Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy

57.4 Resigned Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B. Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

55.8 Installed William Charles Skurla Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA

21 Apr 78.9 Died Ramón Búa Otero † Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain

63.9 Installed Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz Bishop of Neiva, Colombia

86.3 Installed Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A. Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti

51.3 Ordained Bishop Paul Abel Mamba Diatta Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal

43.2 Ordained Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel Titular Bishop of Beatia Bishop of Toruń, Poland

22 Apr 84.0 Installed Karl Josef Becker, S.J. † Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire

74.0 Installed Manuel Monteiro de Castro Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

72.7 Installed John Tong Hon Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

25 Apr 74.1 Resigned José Foralosso, S.D.B. † Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

71.9 Died Jan Bernard Szlaga † Bishop of Pelplin, Poland

26 Apr 74.1 Installed Francesco Coccopalmerio Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts

28 Apr 62.4 Appointed Michael Dixon Bhasera Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe

49.8 Appointed Tadeusz Lityński Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland Bishop

49.8 Appointed Tadeusz Lityński Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland

56.3 Resigned Martin Munyanyi Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe Bishop Emeritus

50.1 Installed Luis José Rueda Aparicio Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	68.5	Installed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Bishop of Sandhurst, Australia
2 Mar	75.4	Died	José Adolfo Mojica Morales †	Bishop Emeritus of Sonsonate, El Salvador
75.0	Retired	José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Gaitán, Colombia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
3 Mar	50.5	Ordained Bishop	Julio Murat	Titular Archbishop of Orange	Apostolic Nuncio to Cameroun
74.2	Died	Stephen M. Tiru †	Bishop of Khunti, India
4 Mar	54.3	Ordained Bishop	Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil
89.8	Died	John Charles Reiss †	Bishop Emeritus of Trenton, New Jersey, USA
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.	Titular Bishop of Phelbes	Cardinal, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay
5 Mar	48.1	Appointed	Binay Kandulna	Apostolic Administrator of Khunti, India	Bishop
6 Mar	53.0	Appointed	Kuriakose Bharanikulangara	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Faridabad (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop
7 Mar	71.4	Appointed	Lorenzo Baldisseri	Secretary of the College of Cardinals	Cardinal, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
61.0	Appointed	Paulo Mendes Peixoto	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75.7	Retired	Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.I. †	Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus
8 Mar	64.5	Appointed	Liam Stephen Cary	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA
78.0	Ceased	William Stephen Skylstad	Apostolic Administrator of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Spokane, Washington, USA
9 Mar	91.9	Died	José Tomás Sánchez †	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
10 Mar	55.7	Appointed	Francesco Alfano	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Swaziland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
75.9	Retired	Felice Cece	Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
74.3	Died	Hermín Negrón Santana †	Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico
11 Mar	52.7	Installed	Hervé Gaschignard	Bishop of Aire et Dax, France	Bishop Emeritus
12 Mar	69.1	Died	Augustin Misago †	Bishop of Gikongoro, Rwanda
67.4	Died	Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil †	Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
13 Mar	84.5	Died	Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. †	Bishop Emeritus of København {Copenhagen}, Denmark
14 Mar	41.9	Appointed	Eduardo José Castillo Pino	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
41.9	Appointed	Eduardo José Castillo Pino	Titular Bishop of Tarasa in Byzacena	Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo, Ecuador
60.6	Appointed	Adalberto Martínez Flores	Bishop of Paraguay, Military	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay
15 Mar	67.9	Installed	Paul Lortie	Bishop of Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
72.9	Appointed	Edwin Frederick O’Brien	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
78.5	Appointed	Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.	Apostolic Administrator of Santo Domingo en Ecuador	Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador
16 Mar	71.7	Laicized	Raymond John Lahey
17 Mar	72.0	Appointed	Rufin Anthony †	Apostolic Administrator of Faisalabad, Pakistan	Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Pakistan
68.5	Appointed	Mario Roberto Cassari †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Malta
50.5	Ordained Bishop	Santo Rocco Gangemi	Titular Archbishop of Umbriatico	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Jozef Hal’ko	Titular Bishop of Serra	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava, Slovakia
50.2	Installed	João Santos Cardoso	Bishop of São Raimundo Nonato, Piaui, Brazil	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
18 Mar	74.5	Died	Anárghyros Printesis †	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Greece (Greek)
52.4	Ordained Bishop	Rubens Sevilha, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Idassa	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil
20 Mar	76.0	Retired	Thomas George Doran †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
89.8	Died	Ante Juric †	Archbishop Emeritus of Split-Makarska, Croatia
60.5	Appointed	Christian Lépine	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
60.5	Installed	Christian Lépine	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada
60.8	Appointed	William Edward Lori	Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
56.1	Appointed	David John Malloy	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA
47.9	Appointed	Gregory Lawrence Parkes	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA	Bishop of Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
75.7	Retired	Jean-Claude Turcotte †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Mar	88.7	Died	John George Chedid †	Bishop Emeritus of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles (Maronite), California, USA
62.7	Appointed	Adriano Ciocca Vasino	Prelate of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil
58.1	Installed	Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Perth, Australia
53.4	Appointed	Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.	Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
53.4	Appointed	Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Accia	Bishop of Estância, Sergipe, Brazil
48.8	Appointed	José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos	Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
48.8	Appointed	José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos	Titular Bishop of Canapium	Bishop of Sobral, Ceara, Brazil
67.7	Ceased	Eugène Lambert Adrian Rixen	Apostolic Administrator of São Félix, Mato Grosso, Brazil	Bishop of Goiás, Brazil
24 Mar	63.8	Ordained Bishop	Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
50.6	Appointed	Santo Rocco Gangemi	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador
49.5	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Harolimana	Bishop of Ruhengeri, Rwanda
89.2	Died	Edward Henryk Materski †	Bishop Emeritus of Radom, Poland
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Ndembu Mbatia	Bishop of Nyahururu, Kenya
43.2	Appointed	Wiesław Śmigiel	Auxiliary Bishop of Pelplin, Poland	Bishop of Toruń, Poland
43.2	Appointed	Wiesław Śmigiel	Titular Bishop of Beatia	Bishop of Toruń, Poland
25 Mar	58.8	Installed	Francesco Moraglia	Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Dominik Schwaderlapp	Titular Bishop of Frequentium	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
26 Mar	63.3	Installed	Joseph Luc André Bouchard	Bishop of Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
29 Mar	88.1	Died	Paulino Reale Chirina †	Bishop Emeritus of Venado Tuerto, Argentina
30 Mar	62.9	Appointed	Luis Artemio Flores Calzada	Bishop of Tepic, Nayarit, México
2 Apr	63.5	Appointed	Mark Benedict Coleridge	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
74.3	Ceased	Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett	Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Lismore, Australia
3 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D.	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
79.2	Died	Arduino Bertoldo †	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
81.7	Died	Michael Bzdel, C.SS.R. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Winnipeg (Ukrainian), Manitoba, Canada
65.9	Appointed	Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México
76.7	Retired	Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña †	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
83.3	Died	Efraím Basílio Krevey (Krevei), O.S.B.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of São João Batista em Curitiba (Ukrainian), Brazil
75.7	Retired	Luis Morales Reyes	Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, México	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Apr	52.5	Appointed	Oscar Omar Aparicio Céspedes	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Archbishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia
75.5	Retired	Gonzalo Ramiro del Castillo Crespo, O.C.D. †	Bishop of Bolivia, Military	Bishop Emeritus
63.7	Appointed	Francesco Milito	Bishop of Oppido Mamertina-Palmi, Italy
52.1	Appointed	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
52.1	Appointed	Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla	Titular Bishop of Ausuccura	Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
6 Apr	76.6	Died	Felipe Fernández García †	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife, Spain
7 Apr	81.5	Died	Ignace Moussa I (Basile) Daoud †	Cardinal, Patriarch Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Syrian), Lebanon
10 Apr	89.6	Died	Luis Aponte Martínez †	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of San Juan de Puerto Rico
79.2	Died	Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Camiri, Bolivia
11 Apr	55.2	Appointed	Natale Paganelli, S.X.	Apostolic Administrator of Makeni, Sierra Leone
83.9	Died	Agustín Alejo (Aleido) Román Rodríguez †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
13 Apr	86.1	Died	Mario Rizzi †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Bulgaria
14 Apr	51.5	Ordained Bishop	Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine	Bishop of Ajaccio, France
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Lorenzo Leuzzi	Titular Bishop of Aemona	Bishop of Teramo-Atri, Italy
53.6	Ordained Bishop	John Oballa Owaa	Bishop of Ngong, Kenya
57.0	Ordained Bishop	José Manuel Romero Barrios	Titular Bishop of Materiana	Bishop of El Tigre, Venezuela
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Luciano Russo	Titular Archbishop of Monteverde	Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria
51.0	Appointed	Marek Solczyński	Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan	Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania
38.8	Ordained Bishop	Linas (Genadijus) Vodopjanovas, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Quiza	Bishop of Panevėžys, Lithuania
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Matteo Maria Zuppi	Titular Bishop of Villa Nova	Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
15 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Timothée Bodika Mansiyai, P.S.S.	Titular Bishop of Naiera	Bishop of Kikwit, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
55.8	Installed	Airton José dos Santos	Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.9	Ordained Bishop	Sébastien-Joseph Muyengo Mulombe	Titular Bishop of Strathernia	Bishop of Uvira, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
61.3	Converted	Carl Leonard Reid	Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia
16 Apr	82.2	Died	Antoine Hamid Mourany †	Archbishop Emeritus of Damas (Maronite), Syria
18 Apr	91.6	Died	José Cerviño Cerviño †	Bishop Emeritus of Tui-Vigo, Spain
53.0	Appointed	Miguel Ángel D’Annibale	Apostolic Administrator of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop of San Martín, Argentina
69.7	Installed	Arrigo Miglio	Archbishop of Cagliari, Italy
57.4	Resigned	Juan Carlos Romanin, S.D.B.	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
55.8	Installed	William Charles Skurla	Archbishop of Pittsburgh (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania, USA
21 Apr	78.9	Died	Ramón Búa Otero †	Bishop Emeritus of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
63.9	Installed	Froilán Tiberio Casas Ortíz	Bishop of Neiva, Colombia
86.3	Installed	Prospero (Stanley) Grech, O.S.A.	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Goretti
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Paul Abel Mamba Diatta	Bishop of Ziguinchor, Senegal
43.2	Ordained Bishop	Wiesław Śmigiel	Titular Bishop of Beatia	Bishop of Toruń, Poland
22 Apr	84.0	Installed	Karl Josef Becker, S.J. †	Cardinal, Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuliano Martire
74.0	Installed	Manuel Monteiro de Castro	Cardinal-Deacon of San Domenico di Guzman	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
72.7	Installed	John Tong Hon	Cardinal-Priest of Regina Apostolorum	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
25 Apr	74.1	Resigned	José Foralosso, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Marabá, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
71.9	Died	Jan Bernard Szlaga †	Bishop of Pelplin, Poland
26 Apr	74.1	Installed	Francesco Coccopalmerio	Cardinal-Deacon of San Giuseppe dei Falegnami	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
28 Apr	62.4	Appointed	Michael Dixon Bhasera	Apostolic Administrator of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Masvingo, Zimbabwe
49.8	Appointed	Tadeusz Lityński	Auxiliary Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland	Bishop
49.8	Appointed	Tadeusz Lityński	Titular Bishop of Cemerinianus	Bishop of Zielona Góra-Gorzów, Poland
56.3	Resigned	Martin Munyanyi	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe	Bishop Emeritus
50.1	Installed	Luis José Rueda Aparicio	Bishop of Montelibano, Colombia	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia

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