The Year of Our Lord 1973

Overview

See Also: Previous Year (1972) | Next Year (1974)

Bishop Events (1,156): January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Necrology (125)
Diocese Events (146)

Consistory:
- 5 Mar 1973

Event	Avg Age	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Unk
Births		95	8	8	9	7	7	5	4	11	10	6	11	8	1
Ordained Priest	27.1	160	6	1	3	18	23	34	26	11	6	4	11	16	1
Ordained Bishop	48.5	149	7	18	18	15	12	19	9	4	14	11	6	15	1
Deaths	74.2	125	14	12	10	9	12	7	7	16	9	8	9	9	3

Ordained Priest:
- Most Common Date: (6 each)
  - 23 June
  - 14 July
  - 8 December
- Most Common Ordainer: (3 each)
  - Bishop James Aloysius Hickey †, Titular Bishop of Taraqua
  - Pope Paul VI (St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
  - Corrado Cardinal Ursi †, Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
Ordained Bishop:
- Most Common Date: (11)
  - 29 June
- Most Common Principal Consecrator: (10)
  - Pope Paul VI (St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
- Most Common Principal Co-Consecrator: (12 each)
  - Archbishop Agostino Casaroli †, Titular Archbishop of Cartagine
  - Archbishop Bernardin Gantin †, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotonou, Benin

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