The Year of Our Lord 1939

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Mar 63.0 Elected Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

3 Mar 37.1 Appointed Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

37.1 Appointed Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Dagnum Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia

50.1 Appointed Felice Beccaro † Bishop of Nuoro, Italy Bishop of San Miniato, Italy

58.1 Appointed Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. † Bishop of Alghero, Italy Bishop Emeritus

73.6 Died Auguste-Maurice Clément † Bishop Emeritus of Monaco Bishop

44.5 Appointed Francesco Cogoni † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

74.9 Died Joseph-Lucien Giray † Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France

69.1 Died Nándor Rott † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

50.1 Succeeded Tihamér Tóth † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

4 Mar 63.9 Appointed Bartolomé Pascual Marroig † Bishop of Menorca, Spain

83.3 Died Nicola Piccirilli † Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy

5 Mar 76.8 Died Amando Agosto Bahlmann, O.F.M. † Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil

8 Mar Born Joseph Louis Jean Boishu Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France

53.6 Appointed Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara † Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona, Spain Bishop of Cartagena (en España)

10 Mar 62.0 Appointed Luigi Maglione † Cardinal, Secretary of State

11 Mar 72.5 Died Cleto Cassani † Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy

Born Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu † Bishop Emeritus of Umzimkulu, South Africa

Born Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I. Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines

12 Mar 36.7 Ordained Bishop Thomas Absolam McCabe † Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia

Born Giuseppe Orlandoni Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy

63.0 Installed Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)

13 Mar Born Youhanna Fouad El-Hage † Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)

69.9 Died Alban Goodier, S.J. † Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India

57.9 Died Filippo Mantini † Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy

14 Mar 62.5 Appointed Francesco Marmaggi † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council

61.9 Appointed Massimo Massimi † President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

61.6 Appointed Giuseppe Pizzardo † Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

65.4 Appointed Federico Tedeschini † Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica} Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary

15 Mar 35.1 Appointed Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. † Vicar Apostolic of Malang, Indonesia Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia

35.1 Appointed Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. † Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia

46.7 Appointed Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

46.7 Appointed Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

41.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

41.0 Appointed Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Onuphis Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

52.5 Appointed Peter Rogan, M.H.M. † Titular Bishop of Acmonia Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon

52.5 Appointed Peter Rogan, M.H.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon

Born Hanna Zora † Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada

16 Mar Born Ramon Barrera Villena Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines

17 Mar Born Adam Lepa † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

18 Mar 23.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Babana † Priest Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

26.7 Ordained Priest Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand

25.1 Ordained Priest Melchior Zhang Kexing (Chang K’o-hing) † Priest of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China Bishop

25.8 Ordained Priest Thomas Fernando † Priest of Tuticorin, India Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India

24.6 Ordained Priest Guglielmo Giaquinta † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

22.5 Ordained Priest Francis Roberts Rush † Priest of Townsville, Australia Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

40.3 Appointed Anunciado Serafini † Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina

19 Mar 49.9 Ordained Bishop Francesco Marchesani † Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy Bishop of Chiavari, Italy

Born Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. † Bishop Emeritus of Alindao, Central African Republic

25.2 Ordained Priest Francis Raymond Shea † Priest of Nashville, Tennessee, USA Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA

48.8 Ordained Bishop Beniamino Socche † Bishop of Cesena, Italy Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy

Born José Mário Stroeher Bishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

20 Mar 64.7 Appointed Nicola Canali † President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary

80.3 Died Joseph Henry Conroy † Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

63.6 Died Bernard Joseph Mahoney † Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

48.3 Succeeded Francis Joseph Monaghan † Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA

22 Mar Born Peter Fernando † Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India

44.5 Installed Alfredo Silva Santiago † Bishop of Concepción, Chile Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile

24 Mar 40.6 Appointed Dominic Desperben, SS.CC. † Prefect of Hainan [Hainan], China

25 Mar 24.1 Perpetual Vows Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. † Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal

26.3 Ordained Priest Raymond Joseph Gallagher † Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA

28.2 Ordained Priest Roland Alexander Huot, S.S.S. † Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Superior General Emeritus

22.7 Ordained Priest Youannès Malak † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

24.4 Ordained Priest André Perraudin, M. Afr. † Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda

23.7 Ordained Priest Manuel Platon Del Rosario † Priest of Sorsogon, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines

73.0 Appointed Joseph Schrembs † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cleveland, Ohio, USA Bishop

24.6 Ordained Priest Elias Shaheen (Chahine) † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada

26.8 Ordained Priest Alexandru Todea † Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

26 Mar 29.9 Ordained Priest Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard † Priest of Paris, France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

29.4 Ordained Priest Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan

26.2 Ordained Priest Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot † Priest of Paris, France Cardinal, Archbishop

27 Mar Born Lawrence Eugene Brandt Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

28 Mar Born Héctor González Martínez Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, México

30 Mar Born Stefan Cichy Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland

31 Mar 59.9 Died Gerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. † Prefect Emeritus of Adamaua, Cameroon

37.7 Appointed Emilien Massé, P.M.E. † Prefect of Lintong [Lintung], China

1 Apr 51.9 Appointed Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

82.3 Died Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) † Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office

2 Apr 26.1 Ordained Priest Gabriel Bukatko † Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

68.6 Died Vicente Castellanos y Núñez † Bishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México

28.6 Ordained Priest Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. † Priest of Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe

59.7 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Naamo † Titular Bishop of Batnae Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon

24.9 Ordained Priest Ivan Prasko † Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia

4 Apr Born Manfred Grothe Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany

5 Apr Born Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military

8 Apr 23.3 Ordained Priest Constantino Maradei Donato † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela

23.4 Ordained Priest Crisanto Darío Mata Cova † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

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

43.2 Died Louis Perera, O.M.I. † Bishop-Elect of Chilaw, Sri Lanka

24.0 Ordained Priest Manuel António Pires † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola

27.4 Ordained Priest Ricardo Rösch † Priest of Goya, Argentina Bishop of Concordia, Argentina

Born Ángel Rubio Castro Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

25.4 Ordained Priest Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório † Priest of Oeiras, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

24.4 Ordained Priest Kazimierz Świątek † Priest of Pinsk, Belarus Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus

24.2 Ordained Priest Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. † Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

22.8 Ordained Priest Anselmo Zarza Bernal † Priest Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México

9 Apr Born Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Born Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. † Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar

10 Apr 60.1 Succeeded Johannes Baptist Dietz † Bishop of Fulda, Germany Bishop Emeritus

80.9 Died Josef Damian Schmitt † Bishop of Fulda, Germany

11 Apr 25.1 Ordained Priest Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. † Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar

12 Apr Born Redovino Rizzardo, C.S. † Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

13 Apr Born Jean-Claude Périsset Apostolic Nuncio

14 Apr 62.3 Died Josef Mutschlechner † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy

15 Apr 25.2 Ordained Priest William Edward McManus † Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA

57.6 Appointed Edwin Vincent O’Hara † Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

49.9 Appointed Francis Joseph Spellman † Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

47.4 Appointed Edoardo Tonna † Titular Archbishop of Miletus Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey

16 Apr 53.1 Ordained Bishop Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China

58.9 Ordained Bishop Gaetano De Cicco † Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy Bishop Emeritus

25.3 Ordained Priest Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru

47.5 Ordained Bishop William Aloysius Rice, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Rusicade Vicar Apostolic of Belize

44.7 Ordained Bishop Mariano Rossell y Arellano † Archbishop of Guatemala

18 Apr 76.0 Died José Américo Orzali † Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina

19 Apr Born Michael Gower Coleman † Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa

20 Apr Born José Alves da Costa, D.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Born Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp. Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon

22 Apr Born László Dankó † Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary

23 Apr 58.2 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. † Bishop of Alghero, Italy Bishop Emeritus

44.7 Ordained Bishop Francesco Cogoni † Bishop of Ozieri, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Born José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela

24.1 Ordained Deacon Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. † Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal

Born Juraj Jezerinac Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military

76.0 Died Domenico Mariani † Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

Born Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. † Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia

Born Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus Titular Archbishop of Viminacium

24 Apr 45.5 Ordained Bishop Abraham Elias, C.M. † Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran

Born Vittorio Fusco † Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy

25 Apr 36.4 Appointed Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. † Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary

26 Apr 76.1 Died Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece

27 Apr Born Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles

Born Stanisław Dziwisz Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland

29 Apr 48.4 Appointed Ignacio de Alba y Hernández † Coadjutor Bishop of Colima, México Bishop Emeritus

48.4 Appointed Ignacio de Alba y Hernández † Titular Bishop of Algiza Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México

Born Bali Gali Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India

37.6 Appointed Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre † Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

30 Apr 46.8 Ordained Bishop Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. † Titular Bishop of Thagaste Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

67.5 Appointed Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani † Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies

54.0 Ordained Bishop Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. † Titular Bishop of Ascalon Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Mar	63.0	Elected	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
3 Mar	37.1	Appointed	Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Bogotá, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
37.1	Appointed	Luis Andrade Valderrama, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Dagnum	Bishop Emeritus of Antioquía, Colombia
50.1	Appointed	Felice Beccaro †	Bishop of Nuoro, Italy	Bishop of San Miniato, Italy
58.1	Appointed	Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
73.6	Died	Auguste-Maurice Clément †	Bishop Emeritus of Monaco	Bishop
44.5	Appointed	Francesco Cogoni †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
74.9	Died	Joseph-Lucien Giray †	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
69.1	Died	Nándor Rott †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
50.1	Succeeded	Tihamér Tóth †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
4 Mar	63.9	Appointed	Bartolomé Pascual Marroig †	Bishop of Menorca, Spain
83.3	Died	Nicola Piccirilli †	Archbishop of Lanciano (e Ortona), Italy
5 Mar	76.8	Died	Amando Agosto Bahlmann, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Santarém, Para, Brazil
8 Mar		Born	Joseph Louis Jean Boishu		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Reims, France
53.6	Appointed	Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara †	Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona, Spain	Bishop of Cartagena (en España)
10 Mar	62.0	Appointed	Luigi Maglione †	Cardinal, Secretary of State
11 Mar	72.5	Died	Cleto Cassani †	Archbishop Emeritus of Sassari, Italy
	Born	Gerard Sithunywa Ndlovu †		Bishop Emeritus of Umzimkulu, South Africa
	Born	Orlando Beltran Quevedo, O.M.I.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
12 Mar	36.7	Ordained Bishop	Thomas Absolam McCabe †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
	Born	Giuseppe Orlandoni		Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
63.0	Installed	Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †	Pope (Roma {Rome}, Italy)
13 Mar		Born	Youhanna Fouad El-Hage †		Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Maronite)
69.9	Died	Alban Goodier, S.J. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Bombay, India
57.9	Died	Filippo Mantini †	Bishop of Cagli e Pergola, Italy
14 Mar	62.5	Appointed	Francesco Marmaggi †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Council
61.9	Appointed	Massimo Massimi †	President of the Pontifical Commission for the Authentic Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law	Cardinal, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
61.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Pizzardo †	Prefect of the Congregation of Seminaries and Universities	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
65.4	Appointed	Federico Tedeschini †	Archpriest of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano {Saint Peter Basilica}	Cardinal, Datary of the Apostolic Datary
15 Mar	35.1	Appointed	Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †	Vicar Apostolic of Malang, Indonesia	Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
35.1	Appointed	Antoine Everard Jean Avertanus Albers, O. Carm. †	Titular Bishop of Thubunae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
46.7	Appointed	Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Swaziland	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
46.7	Appointed	Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
41.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Avorio	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
41.0	Appointed	Jean-Baptiste Boivin, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Onuphis	Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
52.5	Appointed	Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
52.5	Appointed	Peter Rogan, M.H.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Buéa, Cameroon	Bishop Emeritus of Buéa, Cameroon
	Born	Hanna Zora †		Bishop Emeritus of Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean), Canada
16 Mar		Born	Ramon Barrera Villena		Bishop Emeritus of Bayombong, Philippines
17 Mar		Born	Adam Lepa †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
18 Mar	23.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Babana †	Priest	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
26.7	Ordained Priest	Pietro Luigi Carretto, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Surat Thani, Thailand
25.1	Ordained Priest	Melchior Zhang Kexing (Chang K’o-hing) †	Priest of Xiwanzi-Chongli [Siwantze], China	Bishop
25.8	Ordained Priest	Thomas Fernando †	Priest of Tuticorin, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tiruchirapalli, India
24.6	Ordained Priest	Guglielmo Giaquinta †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
22.5	Ordained Priest	Francis Roberts Rush †	Priest of Townsville, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
40.3	Appointed	Anunciado Serafini †	Bishop of Mercedes, Argentina
19 Mar	49.9	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Marchesani †	Bishop of Cava e Sarno, Italy	Bishop of Chiavari, Italy
	Born	Peter Marzinkowski, C.S.Sp. †		Bishop Emeritus of Alindao, Central African Republic
25.2	Ordained Priest	Francis Raymond Shea †	Priest of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Evansville, Indiana, USA
48.8	Ordained Bishop	Beniamino Socche †	Bishop of Cesena, Italy	Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy
	Born	José Mário Stroeher		Bishop Emeritus of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
20 Mar	64.7	Appointed	Nicola Canali †	President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
80.3	Died	Joseph Henry Conroy †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
63.6	Died	Bernard Joseph Mahoney †	Bishop of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
48.3	Succeeded	Francis Joseph Monaghan †	Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York, USA
22 Mar		Born	Peter Fernando †		Archbishop Emeritus of Madurai, India
44.5	Installed	Alfredo Silva Santiago †	Bishop of Concepción, Chile	Archbishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile
24 Mar	40.6	Appointed	Dominic Desperben, SS.CC. †	Prefect of Hainan [Hainan], China
25 Mar	24.1	Perpetual Vows	Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. †	Member of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
26.3	Ordained Priest	Raymond Joseph Gallagher †	Priest of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Lafayette in Indiana, USA
28.2	Ordained Priest	Roland Alexander Huot, S.S.S. †	Priest of Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament	Superior General Emeritus
22.7	Ordained Priest	Youannès Malak †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
24.4	Ordained Priest	André Perraudin, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi, Rwanda
23.7	Ordained Priest	Manuel Platon Del Rosario †	Priest of Sorsogon, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Malolos, Philippines
73.0	Appointed	Joseph Schrembs †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cleveland, Ohio, USA	Bishop
24.6	Ordained Priest	Elias Shaheen (Chahine) †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite), Canada
26.8	Ordained Priest	Alexandru Todea †	Priest of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
26 Mar	29.9	Ordained Priest	Robert-Jacques-Victor Frossard †	Priest of Paris, France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
29.4	Ordained Priest	Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima, Japan
26.2	Ordained Priest	Pierre Marie Joseph Veuillot †	Priest of Paris, France	Cardinal, Archbishop
27 Mar		Born	Lawrence Eugene Brandt		Bishop Emeritus of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
28 Mar		Born	Héctor González Martínez		Archbishop Emeritus of Durango, México
30 Mar		Born	Stefan Cichy		Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
31 Mar	59.9	Died	Gerhard (Thomas) Lennartz, S.C.I. †	Prefect Emeritus of Adamaua, Cameroon
37.7	Appointed	Emilien Massé, P.M.E. †	Prefect of Lintong [Lintung], China
1 Apr	51.9	Appointed	Armand-Etienne M. Blanquet du Chayla, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
82.3	Died	Donato Raffaele Sbarretti (Tazza) †	Cardinal, Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office
2 Apr	26.1	Ordained Priest	Gabriel Bukatko †	Priest of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
68.6	Died	Vicente Castellanos y Núñez †	Bishop Emeritus of Tulancingo, Hidalgo, México
28.6	Ordained Priest	Aloysius Haene, S.M.B. †	Priest of Society of Bethlehem Mission Immensee	Bishop Emeritus of Gwelo, Zimbabwe
59.7	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Naamo †	Titular Bishop of Batnae	Bishop of Beirut {Bairut} (Chaldean), Lebanon
24.9	Ordained Priest	Ivan Prasko †	Priest of Lviv (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne (Ukrainian), Australia
4 Apr		Born	Manfred Grothe		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paderborn, Germany
5 Apr		Born	Miguel Angel Aguilar Miranda		Bishop Emeritus of Ecuador, Military
8 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Constantino Maradei Donato †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Barcelona, Venezuela
23.4	Ordained Priest	Crisanto Darío Mata Cova †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
	Born	Edwin Frederick O’Brien		Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
43.2	Died	Louis Perera, O.M.I. †	Bishop-Elect of Chilaw, Sri Lanka
24.0	Ordained Priest	Manuel António Pires †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Kwito-Bié, Angola
27.4	Ordained Priest	Ricardo Rösch †	Priest of Goya, Argentina	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina
	Born	Ángel Rubio Castro		Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
25.4	Ordained Priest	Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório †	Priest of Oeiras, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
24.4	Ordained Priest	Kazimierz Świątek †	Priest of Pinsk, Belarus	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev, Belarus
24.2	Ordained Priest	Francesco Vòllaro, O.SS.T. †	Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity	Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
22.8	Ordained Priest	Anselmo Zarza Bernal †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of León, Guanajuato, México
9 Apr		Born	Theotonius Gomes, C.S.C.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dhaka, Bangladesh
	Born	Antoine Scopelliti, O.SS.T. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
10 Apr	60.1	Succeeded	Johannes Baptist Dietz †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany	Bishop Emeritus
80.9	Died	Josef Damian Schmitt †	Bishop of Fulda, Germany
11 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Maria Rakotondrasoa, M.S. †	Priest of Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette	Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabé, Madagascar
12 Apr		Born	Redovino Rizzardo, C.S. †		Bishop Emeritus of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
13 Apr		Born	Jean-Claude Périsset		Apostolic Nuncio
14 Apr	62.3	Died	Josef Mutschlechner †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Brixen {Bressanone}, Italy
15 Apr	25.2	Ordained Priest	William Edward McManus †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, USA
57.6	Appointed	Edwin Vincent O’Hara †	Bishop of Kansas City, Missouri, USA	Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
49.9	Appointed	Francis Joseph Spellman †	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
47.4	Appointed	Edoardo Tonna †	Titular Archbishop of Miletus	Bishop Emeritus of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey
16 Apr	53.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Cleary, S.S.C.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Amathus in Cypro	Bishop of Nancheng [Nancheng], China
58.9	Ordained Bishop	Gaetano De Cicco †	Bishop of Sessa Aurunca, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
25.3	Ordained Priest	Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Lima, Peru
47.5	Ordained Bishop	William Aloysius Rice, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Rusicade	Vicar Apostolic of Belize
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Mariano Rossell y Arellano †	Archbishop of Guatemala
18 Apr	76.0	Died	José Américo Orzali †	Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina
19 Apr		Born	Michael Gower Coleman †		Bishop Emeritus of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
20 Apr		Born	José Alves da Costa, D.C. †		Bishop Emeritus of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
	Born	Dominique Bonnet, C.S.Sp.		Bishop Emeritus of Mouila, Gabon
22 Apr		Born	László Dankó †		Archbishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary
23 Apr	58.2	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Ciuchini, O. de M. †	Bishop of Alghero, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
44.7	Ordained Bishop	Francesco Cogoni †	Bishop of Ozieri, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela
24.1	Ordained Deacon	Prosper Paul Dodds, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop of Saint-Louis du Sénégal
	Born	Juraj Jezerinac		Bishop Emeritus of Croatia, Military
76.0	Died	Domenico Mariani †	Cardinal, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
	Born	Herman Joseph Sahadat Pandoyoputro, O. Carm. †		Bishop Emeritus of Malang, Indonesia
	Born	Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus		Titular Archbishop of Viminacium
24 Apr	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Elias, C.M. †	Archbishop of Sehna (Chaldean), Iran
	Born	Vittorio Fusco †		Bishop of Nardò-Gallipoli, Italy
25 Apr	36.4	Appointed	Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. †	Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian), Hungary
26 Apr	76.1	Died	Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
27 Apr		Born	Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker		Bishop Emeritus of Paramaribo, Suriname, Antilles
	Born	Stanisław Dziwisz		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
29 Apr	48.4	Appointed	Ignacio de Alba y Hernández †	Coadjutor Bishop of Colima, México	Bishop Emeritus
48.4	Appointed	Ignacio de Alba y Hernández †	Titular Bishop of Algiza	Bishop Emeritus of Colima, México
	Born	Bali Gali		Bishop Emeritus of Guntur, India
37.6	Appointed	Ramón Munita Eyzaguirre †	Bishop of Puerto Montt, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
30 Apr	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Costantino Maria Attilio Barneschi, O.S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Thagaste	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
67.5	Appointed	Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani †	Secretary of the Congregation of the Holy Office	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of Ceremonies
54.0	Ordained Bishop	Paul-Laurent-Jean-Louis Mazé, SS.CC. †	Titular Bishop of Ascalon	Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)

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