The Year of Our Lord 1942

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 40.0 Ordained Bishop Evelio Díaz y Cía † Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba

2 Mar Born Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

3 Mar 48.9 Ordained Bishop Peter William Bartholome † Titular Bishop of Lete Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

Born Santiago Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. Cap. † Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela

Born Richard Stephen Seminack † Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA

4 Mar 70.6 Died Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera † Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia

7 Mar 71.3 Died Konstantyn Dominik † Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland

55.3 Ordained Bishop William Patrick O’Connor † Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA

28.9 Ordained Priest Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. † Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India

8 Mar 52.5 Ordained Bishop Antonino Catarella † Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy Bishop Emeritus

10 Mar 64.1 Died Peter Tcheng Ngnou-tang (Cheng Yutang) † Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China

12 Mar 24.9 Ordained Priest Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. † Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia

58.9 Appointed Daniel Llorente y Federico † Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

58.9 Appointed Daniel Llorente y Federico † Titular Bishop of Daphnusia Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain

Born Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic

13 Mar Born Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello † Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador

Born Antonio Marino Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina

14 Mar Born Geraldo Lyrio Rocha † Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

15 Mar 58.2 Appointed José Ignacio López Umaña † Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia Archbishop

58.2 Appointed José Ignacio López Umaña † Titular Archbishop of Pelusium Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia

23.1 Ordained Priest Javier Naranjo Villegas † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia

16 Mar 39.6 Died Inácio Martinez Madrid, O.A.R. † Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil

Born Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba

17 Mar 51.6 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. † Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis Bishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India

18 Mar 94.0 Died Paul-Augustin Le Coeur † Bishop of Saint-Flour, France

19 Mar 43.0 Ordained Bishop Alfred Joseph Gummer † Bishop of Geraldton, Australia

Born Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles

21 Mar 26.7 Ordained Priest James Francis Carney † Priest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Archbishop

47.6 Appointed Arthur Douville † Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus

24.5 Ordained Priest Leoncio Leviste Lat † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines

22.7 Ordained Priest Giovanni Mariani † Priest of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy Apostolic Nuncio

22 Mar 27.4 Ordained Priest John Gerard McClean † Priest of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain Bishop

23 Mar Born John Choi Young-su † Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

Born Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D. Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

26 Mar 82.3 Died Alojzije Stjepan Mišić, O.F.M. † Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina

54.4 Appointed Bl. János Scheffler † Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania

28 Mar 66.8 Appointed Anton Akšamović † Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia

66.8 Resigned Anton Akšamović † Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia Bishop Emeritus

Born Luciano Monari Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy

29 Mar 56.6 Died António Augusto de Castro Meireles † Bishop of Porto, Portugal

Born Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia

45.2 Appointed Eduardo Martinez González † Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain

45.2 Appointed Eduardo Martinez González † Titular Bishop of Attaea Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain

1 Apr 80.3 Died Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin † Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France

4 Apr 22.6 Ordained Priest Angelo Felici † Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”

26.1 Ordained Priest Everardo López Alcocer † Priest Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México

23.5 Ordained Priest Geraldo María de Morais Penido † Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24.7 Ordained Priest José Léon Rojas Chaparro † Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela

24.6 Ordained Priest St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez † Priest Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

28.7 Ordained Priest José Thurler † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil

7 Apr Born Gualtiero Bassetti Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy

82.7 Died Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, Malawi

8 Apr Born Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. † Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia

9 Apr Born Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I. Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda

10 Apr 51.8 Appointed Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. † Bishop of Salamanca, Spain

Born John Stephen Knight Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

11 Apr Born António José Cavaco Carrilho Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal

40.9 Appointed Floréncio Cicinho (Sisinio) Vieira † Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

12 Apr 22.4 Ordained Priest Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. † Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

55.4 Ordained Bishop Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón † Bishop of Jericó, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

13 Apr Born Ricardo Blázquez Pérez Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain

14 Apr 58.7 Appointed Adelchi Albanesi † Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy

40.0 Appointed Tommaso Leonetti † Bishop of Ferentino, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

Born Matthias Kobena Nketsiah Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana

Born Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P. Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon

Born José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E. Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe

15 Apr 44.1 Appointed Petar Čule † Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina Bishop Emeritus

Born Francis Xavier DiLorenzo † Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA

Born Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M. Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France

Born Mário Rino Sivieri † Bishop Emeritus of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil

17 Apr 24.2 Ordained Priest Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) † Priest of Canada (Ukrainian) Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada

61.7 Died Giovanni Battista Girardi † Bishop of Pavia, Italy

19 Apr Born Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay

21 Apr 73.3 Died Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon † Bishop of Moulins, France

Born Vitus Huonder † Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland

Born Giacomo Lanzetti Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy

22 Apr 58.5 Ordained Bishop Jacques Hubert Goumans, O.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Lauzadus Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bandung, Indonesia

Born Ronald Paul Herzog † Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

Born Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates

51.8 Ordained Bishop Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. † Titular Bishop of Midaëum Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam

23 Apr Born Ronald Michael Gilmore Bishop Emeritus of Dodge City, Kansas, USA

Born Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. † Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

24 Apr 43.3 Appointed Augustine Danglmayr † Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

43.3 Appointed Augustine Danglmayr † Titular Bishop of Olba Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA

25 Apr 59.5 Appointed John Francis D’Alton † Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

59.5 Appointed John Francis D’Alton † Titular Bishop of Binda Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

Born Gerald Thomas Walsh Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA

28 Apr 54.1 Appointed John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. † Coadjutor Bishop of Great Namaqualand, Namibia Vicar Apostolic

54.1 Appointed John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. † Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia

Born André Rivest Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Evelio Díaz y Cía †	Bishop of Pinar del Rio, Cuba	Archbishop Emeritus of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
2 Mar		Born	Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
3 Mar	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter William Bartholome †	Titular Bishop of Lete	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	Born	Santiago Pérez Sánchez, O.F.M. Cap. †		Vicar Apostolic of Caroní, Venezuela
	Born	Richard Stephen Seminack †		Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago (Ukrainian), Illinois, USA
4 Mar	70.6	Died	Tiberio de Jesús Salazar y Herrera †	Archbishop of Medellín, Colombia
7 Mar	71.3	Died	Konstantyn Dominik †	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma, Kulm), Poland
55.3	Ordained Bishop	William Patrick O’Connor †	Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
28.9	Ordained Priest	Januarius Paul Palathuruthy, C.M.I. †	Priest of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate	Bishop Emeritus of Chanda (Syro-Malabar), India
8 Mar	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Antonino Catarella †	Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
10 Mar	64.1	Died	Peter Tcheng Ngnou-tang (Cheng Yutang) †	Prefect of Hungtung [Hongdong], China
12 Mar	24.9	Ordained Priest	Edward Francis Kelly, M.S.C. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Toowoomba, Australia
58.9	Appointed	Daniel Llorente y Federico †	Auxiliary Bishop of Burgos, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
58.9	Appointed	Daniel Llorente y Federico †	Titular Bishop of Daphnusia	Bishop Emeritus of Segovia, Spain
	Born	Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez		Bishop Emeritus of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic
13 Mar		Born	Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello †		Bishop of Azogues, Ecuador
	Born	Antonio Marino		Bishop Emeritus of Mar del Plata, Argentina
14 Mar		Born	Geraldo Lyrio Rocha †		Archbishop Emeritus of Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
15 Mar	58.2	Appointed	José Ignacio López Umaña †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia	Archbishop
58.2	Appointed	José Ignacio López Umaña †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Archbishop of Cartagena, Colombia
23.1	Ordained Priest	Javier Naranjo Villegas †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Marta, Colombia
16 Mar	39.6	Died	Inácio Martinez Madrid, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Lábrea, Amazonas, Brazil
	Born	Jorge Enrique Serpa Pérez		Bishop Emeritus of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
17 Mar	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Alphonse Baud, M.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Rhodopolis	Bishop Emeritus of Visakhapatnam, India
18 Mar	94.0	Died	Paul-Augustin Le Coeur †	Bishop of Saint-Flour, France
19 Mar	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Alfred Joseph Gummer †	Bishop of Geraldton, Australia
	Born	Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp.		Archbishop Emeritus of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Antilles
21 Mar	26.7	Ordained Priest	James Francis Carney †	Priest of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Archbishop
47.6	Appointed	Arthur Douville †	Coadjutor Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
24.5	Ordained Priest	Leoncio Leviste Lat †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Manila, Philippines
22.7	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Mariani †	Priest of Bobbio (-Abbey of San Colombano), Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
22 Mar	27.4	Ordained Priest	John Gerard McClean †	Priest of Middlesbrough, England, Great Britain	Bishop
23 Mar		Born	John Choi Young-su †		Archbishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
	Born	Braulio Sáez Garcia, O.C.D.		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
26 Mar	82.3	Died	Alojzije Stjepan Mišić, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina
54.4	Appointed	Bl. János Scheffler †	Bishop of Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania
28 Mar	66.8	Appointed	Anton Akšamović †	Titular Bishop of Augustopolis in Phrygia	Bishop Emeritus of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia
66.8	Resigned	Anton Akšamović †	Bishop of Bosna (Djakovo) et Srijem, Croatia	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Luciano Monari		Bishop Emeritus of Brescia, Italy
29 Mar	56.6	Died	António Augusto de Castro Meireles †	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	Born	Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M.		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
45.2	Appointed	Eduardo Martinez González †	Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
45.2	Appointed	Eduardo Martinez González †	Titular Bishop of Attaea	Bishop Emeritus of Zamora, Spain
1 Apr	80.3	Died	Eugène Jacques Philippe Crépin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Paris, France
4 Apr	22.6	Ordained Priest	Angelo Felici †	Priest of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
26.1	Ordained Priest	Everardo López Alcocer †	Priest	Bishop of Autlán, Jalisco, México
23.5	Ordained Priest	Geraldo María de Morais Penido †	Priest of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Archbishop Emeritus of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24.7	Ordained Priest	José Léon Rojas Chaparro †	Priest of San Cristóbal de Venezuela	Bishop of Trujillo, Venezuela
24.6	Ordained Priest	St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez †	Priest	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
28.7	Ordained Priest	José Thurler †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil
7 Apr		Born	Gualtiero Bassetti		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
82.7	Died	Mathurin Guillemé, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Nyassa, Malawi
8 Apr		Born	Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, I.M.C. †		Archbishop Emeritus of Tunja, Colombia
9 Apr		Born	Giuseppe Franzelli, M.C.C.I.		Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda
10 Apr	51.8	Appointed	Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. †	Bishop of Salamanca, Spain
	Born	John Stephen Knight		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11 Apr		Born	António José Cavaco Carrilho		Bishop Emeritus of Funchal, Portugal
40.9	Appointed	Floréncio Cicinho (Sisinio) Vieira †	Bishop of Amargosa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
12 Apr	22.4	Ordained Priest	Hans Hermann Groër, O.S.B. †	Priest of Wien {Vienna}, Austria	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Antonio José Jaramillo Tobón †	Bishop of Jericó, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr		Born	Ricardo Blázquez Pérez		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Valladolid, Spain
14 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Adelchi Albanesi †	Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania, Italy
40.0	Appointed	Tommaso Leonetti †	Bishop of Ferentino, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
	Born	Matthias Kobena Nketsiah		Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Coast, Ghana
	Born	Elias Youssef Rahal, S.M.S.P.		Archbishop of Baalbek (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	Born	José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E.		Bishop Emeritus of Hwange, Zimbabwe
15 Apr	44.1	Appointed	Petar Čule †	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno (-Trebinje e Mrkan), Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Francis Xavier DiLorenzo †		Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	Born	Michel Marie Jacques Dubost, C.I.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Evry-Corbeil-Essonnes, France
	Born	Mário Rino Sivieri †		Bishop Emeritus of Propriá, Sergipe, Brazil
17 Apr	24.2	Ordained Priest	Basil (Wasyl) Filevich (Felivich) †	Priest of Canada (Ukrainian)	Bishop Emeritus of Saskatoon (Ukrainian), Canada
61.7	Died	Giovanni Battista Girardi †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
19 Apr		Born	Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer		Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay
21 Apr	73.3	Died	Jean-Baptiste-Auguste Gonon †	Bishop of Moulins, France
	Born	Vitus Huonder †		Bishop Emeritus of Chur, Switzerland
	Born	Giacomo Lanzetti		Bishop Emeritus of Alba (Pompea), Italy
22 Apr	58.5	Ordained Bishop	Jacques Hubert Goumans, O.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Lauzadus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Bandung, Indonesia
	Born	Ronald Paul Herzog †		Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
	Born	Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap.		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Southern Arabia, United Arab Emirates
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Liévin-Joseph Sion, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Midaëum	Vicar Apostolic of Kontum, Viet Nam
23 Apr		Born	Ronald Michael Gilmore		Bishop Emeritus of Dodge City, Kansas, USA
	Born	Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. †		Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
24 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Augustine Danglmayr †	Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
43.3	Appointed	Augustine Danglmayr †	Titular Bishop of Olba	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dallas, Texas, USA
25 Apr	59.5	Appointed	John Francis D’Alton †	Coadjutor Bishop of Meath, Ireland	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
59.5	Appointed	John Francis D’Alton †	Titular Bishop of Binda	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
	Born	Gerald Thomas Walsh		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of New York, New York, USA
28 Apr	54.1	Appointed	John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Great Namaqualand, Namibia	Vicar Apostolic
54.1	Appointed	John Francis Eich, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Aegypto	Vicar Apostolic of Great Namaqualand, Namibia
	Born	André Rivest		Bishop Emeritus of Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

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