The Year of Our Lord 1949

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Mar 65.0 Resigned Giuseppe Misuraca † Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela Apostolic Nuncio

66.1 Resigned Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

2 Mar 50.6 Resigned Hugh John O’Neill † Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

Born José Francisco Robles Ortega Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

3 Mar 49.8 Appointed René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. † Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, Cameroon Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Born Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan

35.6 Appointed Venmani S. Selvanather † Bishop of Salem, India Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India

4 Mar 78.4 Died Johann Baptist Sproll † Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany

5 Mar Born Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou Bishop Emeritus of Kpalimé, Togo

6 Mar 43.4 Ordained Bishop Ioan Maria Dragomir † Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania

48.1 Ordained Bishop Carlos Riu Anglés † Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba Bishop Emeritus

7 Mar Born Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano Cardinal, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua

46.5 Ordained Bishop William Edward Cousins † Titular Bishop of Forma Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

50.8 Ordained Bishop Martin Dewey McNamara † Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA

45.1 Ordained Bishop William Aloysius O’Connor † Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

8 Mar Born György Snell † Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

9 Mar Born Mikha Pola Maqdassi Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq

43.1 Appointed Egidio Vagnozzi † Apostolic Delegate to Philippines Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

10 Mar 53.4 Appointed John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bellary, India

65.5 Appointed José María García Graín, O.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

65.5 Appointed José María García Graín, O.P. † Titular Bishop of Alabanda Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

57.2 Appointed Joannes Groen, M.S.F. † Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia

57.2 Appointed Joannes Groen, M.S.F. † Titular Bishop of Sbida Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia

40.2 Appointed Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

40.2 Appointed Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. † Titular Bishop of Belali Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

47.6 Appointed Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † Coadjutor Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka Bishop

47.6 Appointed Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Bladia Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka

53.6 Resigned Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. † Vicar Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

53.0 Appointed Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. † Bishop of Cuttack, India

36.9 Appointed Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. † Vicar Apostolic of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

36.9 Appointed Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. † Titular Bishop of Callipolis Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

11 Mar 25.8 Ordained Deacon Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. † Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania

43.6 Appointed Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. † Prefect of Mupoi, Sudan Prefect Emeritus

12 Mar 26.0 Ordained Priest Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela

24.5 Ordained Priest Serafim Fernandes de Araújo † Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27.0 Ordained Priest Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski † Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland

Born Jerome Edward Listecki Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

39.8 Ordained Priest Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset † Priest of Marseille, France Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France

24.2 Ordained Priest Salvador Quizon Quizon † Priest of Lipa, Philippines Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines

23.9 Ordained Priest Acácio Rodrigues Alves † Priest of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

26.3 Ordained Priest Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. † Priest of Congrégation du Sacré-Coeur Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco

24.4 Ordained Priest Jaroslav Škarvada † Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Priest Jozef Tomko † Priest of Košice, Slovakia Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses

13 Mar 23.0 Solemn Vows Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina

30.1 Ordained Priest Heinrich Machens † Priest of Hildesheim, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

31.9 Ordained Priest Augustin Zheng Shouduo † Priest Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China

14 Mar 43.8 Appointed Manuel Dos Santos Rocha † Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

43.8 Appointed Manuel Dos Santos Rocha † Titular Bishop of Priene Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal

44.3 Appointed Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Titular Archbishop of Paltus Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

64.4 Appointed Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. † Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

50.4 Appointed Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro † Titular Archbishop of Mitylene Archbishop of Évora, Portugal

43.1 Appointed Egidio Vagnozzi † Titular Archbishop of Myra Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See

15 Mar 51.5 Appointed Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

51.5 Appointed Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Agbia Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

62.7 Succeeded Mariano Simon Garriga † Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

80.3 Appointed Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina † Titular Bishop of Pitanae Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

80.3 Retired Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina † Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

Born Eugenio Romero Pose † Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain

35.4 Appointed Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório † Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

16 Mar 37.4 Appointed Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. † Auxiliary Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon

37.4 Appointed Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Bure Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon

17 Mar Born Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

40.9 Appointed Charles Herman Helmsing † Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

40.9 Appointed Charles Herman Helmsing † Titular Bishop of Axomis Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Born Fernando Carlos Maletti † Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

Born Thaddée Nsengiyumva † Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda

52.1 Ordained Bishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell † Titular Archbishop of Pelusium Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia

18 Mar 43.6 Appointed Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † Coadjutor Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

43.6 Appointed Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot † Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France

31.1 Ordained Priest Joseph Kelanthara † Priest Archbishop of Verapoly, India

19 Mar Born Blase Joseph Cupich Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

23.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Gabriel Fernandez † Priest of Quilon, India Bishop Emeritus

63.5 Died Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. † Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania

20 Mar Born Josip Bozanić Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia

65.8 Succeeded Armand Coupel † Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France Bishop Emeritus

51.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. † Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China

74.2 Died François-Jean-Marie Serrand † Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France

21 Mar Born Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M. Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea

22 Mar 44.4 Appointed Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Apostolic Delegate to Japan Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

23 Mar 89.9 Died Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China

Born Angelo Massafra, O.F.M. Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania

65.8 Died Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. † Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras

25 Mar 28.1 Ordained Priest John Wu Shi-zhen † Priest Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China

29.6 Ordained Priest Thomas Zeng Jing mu, O.P. † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Yujiang [Yükiang], China

26 Mar Born Carlo Bresciani Bishop Emeritus of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy

27 Mar 36.0 Installed Thomas Vincent Cahill † Bishop of Cairns, Australia Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia

Born Thomas John Rodi Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA

42.0 Ordained Bishop Manuel Tato † Titular Bishop of Aulon Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina

51.9 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. † Titular Bishop of Azura Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil

28 Mar 71.3 Resigned Cesaire Stern, O.F.M. † Prefect of Weihai [Weihaiwei], China Prefect Emeritus

29 Mar Born Mykhailo Koltun, C.Ss.R. Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine

30 Mar 49.8 Appointed Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. † Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

49.8 Appointed Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. † Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

44.8 Appointed Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. † Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

40.4 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. † Titular Bishop of Claneus Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa

31 Mar 46.1 Ordained Bishop Joseph-Roméo Gagnon † Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada

1 Apr 44.0 Appointed Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus

41.5 Appointed Owen McCoy, M. Afr. † Prefect of Oyo, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria

2 Apr 22.8 Ordained Priest Luigi Bommarito † Priest of Monreale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy

22.7 Ordained Priest Emanuele Catarinicchia † Priest of Monreale, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy

22.8 Ordained Priest Rafael Garcia González † Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México

26.6 Ordained Priest Mariano Gaviola y Garcés † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines

29.0 Ordained Priest Jan Gurda † Priest of Kielce, Poland Auxiliary Bishop

26.5 Ordained Priest Porfirio Rivera Iligan † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Masbate, Philippines

32.0 Ordained Priest Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. † Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania

22.8 Ordained Priest Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

23.8 Ordained Priest José Esaúl Robles Jiménez † Priest Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México

24.4 Ordained Priest Samuel Ruiz García † Priest Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México

28.1 Ordained Priest Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México

6 Apr 60.6 Appointed Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe † Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France

7 Apr 60.4 Appointed Patrick James Byrne, M.M. † Apostolic Delegate to Korea

60.4 Appointed Patrick James Byrne, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Gazera Apostolic Delegate to Korea

Born Zygmunt Zimowski † President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

8 Apr 75.6 Retired Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

58.3 Appointed Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba † Bishop of Oviedo, Spain Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain

10 Apr 66.8 Died Francisco Cavero y Tormo † Bishop of Coria, Spain

26.2 Ordained Priest Celso Nogoy Guevarra † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines

11 Apr 30.6 Ordained Priest [Paul Han Xi-rang], O.F.M. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China

24.3 Ordained Priest Joseph Li Mingshu † Priest Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China

12 Apr Born Leonard Paul Blair Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA

15 Apr Born Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt Apostolic Nuncio

16 Apr 24.3 Ordained Priest Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. † Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile

23.0 Ordained Priest Antonio Deig Clotet † Priest of Solsona, Spain Bishop Emeritus

26.2 Ordained Priest José Sebastián Laboa Gallego † Priest Apostolic Nuncio

24.7 Ordained Priest Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac † Priest of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

17 Apr Born Edson de Castro Homem Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil

18 Apr 29.8 Ordained Priest François-Xavier Dione † Priest of Dakar, Senegal Bishop of Thiès, Senegal

Born Josef Kajnek Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia

28.2 Ordained Priest Hyacinthe Thiandoum † Priest of Dakar, Senegal Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal

19 Apr 41.0 Ordained Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing † Titular Bishop of Axomis Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

20 Apr 60.5 Died László Bánáss † Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary

37.7 Ordained Bishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. † Bishop of Darwin, Australia

21 Apr 50.0 Appointed Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. † Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Bishop Emeritus

50.0 Appointed Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. † Titular Bishop of Choma Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China

Appointed Fabian Cheu † Apostolic Administrator of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

45.7 Appointed Leo D’Mello † Bishop of Ajmer, India Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India

47.7 Appointed Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China

46.1 Appointed John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Kokstad, South Africa Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa

46.1 Appointed John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Aezani Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa

74.9 Resigned Lucas Tchao (Zhao Qinghua) † Prefect of Chihfeng [Chifeng], China Prefect Emeritus

23 Apr 75.8 Appointed Henri-Édouard Dutoit † Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia Bishop Emeritus of Arras, France

24.5 Ordained Priest Grégoire Haddad † Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon Archbishop Emeritus

23.8 Ordained Priest Eustathe Joseph Mounayer † Priest of Damas (Syrian), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

61.2 Appointed Alfredo Pacini † Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other

24 Apr 28.1 Ordained Priest Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

25 Apr 44.3 Ordained Bishop Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu † Titular Bishop of Regiana Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania

44.5 Ordained Bishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg † Titular Archbishop of Paltus Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

26 Apr 73.9 Died Patrick Lyons † Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland

27 Apr Born Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C. Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia

28 Apr Born Luis Artemio Flores Calzada Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México

29 Apr Born Juan Odilón Martínez García Bishop Emeritus of Atlacomulco, México, México

60.3 Died Dionisio Habib Naassani † Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria

30 Apr 28.2 Ordained Priest Felixberto Camacho Flores † Priest of Guam, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

64.9 Appointed Andrea Taccone † Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia Bishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy

64.9 Resigned Andrea Taccone † Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Mar	65.0	Resigned	Giuseppe Misuraca †	Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela	Apostolic Nuncio
66.1	Resigned	Igino Michelangelo Nuti, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Egypt (Egitto), Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
2 Mar	50.6	Resigned	Hugh John O’Neill †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
	Born	José Francisco Robles Ortega		Cardinal, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
3 Mar	49.8	Appointed	René Marie Graffin, C.S.Sp. †	Vicar Apostolic of Doumé, Cameroon	Archbishop Emeritus of Yaoundé, Cameroon
	Born	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda		Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan
35.6	Appointed	Venmani S. Selvanather †	Bishop of Salem, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India
4 Mar	78.4	Died	Johann Baptist Sproll †	Bishop of Rottenburg, Germany
5 Mar		Born	Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou		Bishop Emeritus of Kpalimé, Togo
6 Mar	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Ioan Maria Dragomir †	Titular Bishop of Palaeopolis in Pamphylia	Auxiliary Bishop of Maramureş (Romanian), Romania
48.1	Ordained Bishop	Carlos Riu Anglés †	Bishop of Camagüey, Cuba	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar		Born	Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano		Cardinal, Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua
46.5	Ordained Bishop	William Edward Cousins †	Titular Bishop of Forma	Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
50.8	Ordained Bishop	Martin Dewey McNamara †	Bishop of Joliet in Illinois, USA
45.1	Ordained Bishop	William Aloysius O’Connor †	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
8 Mar		Born	György Snell †		Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
9 Mar		Born	Mikha Pola Maqdassi		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
43.1	Appointed	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Apostolic Delegate to Philippines	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
10 Mar	53.4	Appointed	John Forest Hogan, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bellary, India
65.5	Appointed	José María García Graín, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
65.5	Appointed	José María García Graín, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Alabanda	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
57.2	Appointed	Joannes Groen, M.S.F. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
57.2	Appointed	Joannes Groen, M.S.F. †	Titular Bishop of Sbida	Vicar Apostolic of Bandjarmasin, Indonesia
40.2	Appointed	Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Luluabourg, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
40.2	Appointed	Bernard Mels, C.I.C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Belali	Bishop Emeritus of Luiza, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
47.6	Appointed	Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka	Bishop
47.6	Appointed	Jerome Emilianus Pillai, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Bladia	Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
53.6	Resigned	Alexandre-Auguste-Laurent-Marie Roy, M. Afr. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangueolo, Zambia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
53.0	Appointed	Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuttack, India
36.9	Appointed	Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †	Vicar Apostolic of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
36.9	Appointed	Joseph-Pierre-Albert Wittebols, S.C.I. †	Titular Bishop of Callipolis	Bishop of Wamba, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
11 Mar	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Dennis Vincent Durning, C.S.Sp. †	Deacon of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Arusha, Tanzania
43.6	Appointed	Domenico Ferrara, F.S.C.J. †	Prefect of Mupoi, Sudan	Prefect Emeritus
12 Mar	26.0	Ordained Priest	Agustín Romualdo Alvarez Rodríguez, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Machiques, Venezuela
24.5	Ordained Priest	Serafim Fernandes de Araújo †	Priest of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27.0	Ordained Priest	Zbigniew Józef Kraszewski †	Priest of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Warszawa-Praga, Poland
	Born	Jerome Edward Listecki		Archbishop Emeritus of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
39.8	Ordained Priest	Jean-Julien-Robert Mouisset †	Priest of Marseille, France	Bishop Emeritus of Nice, France
24.2	Ordained Priest	Salvador Quizon Quizon †	Priest of Lipa, Philippines	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
23.9	Ordained Priest	Acácio Rodrigues Alves †	Priest of Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
26.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Marie Sardou, S.C.J. †	Priest of Congrégation du Sacré-Coeur	Archbishop Emeritus of Monaco
24.4	Ordained Priest	Jaroslav Škarvada †	Priest of Praha {Prague}, Czechia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Priest	Jozef Tomko †	Priest of Košice, Slovakia	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
13 Mar	23.0	Solemn Vows	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
30.1	Ordained Priest	Heinrich Machens †	Priest of Hildesheim, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
31.9	Ordained Priest	Augustin Zheng Shouduo †	Priest	Bishop of Xinjiang [Kiangchow], China
14 Mar	43.8	Appointed	Manuel Dos Santos Rocha †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
43.8	Appointed	Manuel Dos Santos Rocha †	Titular Bishop of Priene	Bishop Emeritus of Beja, Portugal
44.3	Appointed	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Titular Archbishop of Paltus	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
64.4	Appointed	Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, O.C.D. †	Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto	Cardinal, Secretary of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
50.4	Appointed	Emanuele Trindade Salgueiro †	Titular Archbishop of Mitylene	Archbishop of Évora, Portugal
43.1	Appointed	Egidio Vagnozzi †	Titular Archbishop of Myra	Cardinal, Prefect of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
15 Mar	51.5	Appointed	Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
51.5	Appointed	Inácio João Dal Monte, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Agbia	Bishop of Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
62.7	Succeeded	Mariano Simon Garriga †	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
80.3	Appointed	Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †	Titular Bishop of Pitanae	Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
80.3	Retired	Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina †	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Eugenio Romero Pose †		Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid, Spain
35.4	Appointed	Paulo Hipólito de Souza Libório †	Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
16 Mar	37.4	Appointed	Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon	Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
37.4	Appointed	Jacques Teerenstra, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Bure	Bishop of Doumé, Cameroon
17 Mar		Born	Ramón Benito Ángeles Fernández		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
40.9	Appointed	Charles Herman Helmsing †	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
40.9	Appointed	Charles Herman Helmsing †	Titular Bishop of Axomis	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
	Born	Fernando Carlos Maletti †		Bishop of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
	Born	Thaddée Nsengiyumva †		Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †	Titular Archbishop of Pelusium	Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane, Australia
18 Mar	43.6	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †	Coadjutor Bishop of Coutances (-Avranches), France	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
43.6	Appointed	Jean-Louis-Frédéric Guyot †	Titular Bishop of Helenopolis in Palaestina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France
31.1	Ordained Priest	Joseph Kelanthara †	Priest	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
19 Mar		Born	Blase Joseph Cupich		Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
23.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Gabriel Fernandez †	Priest of Quilon, India	Bishop Emeritus
63.5	Died	Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo), Albania
20 Mar		Born	Josip Bozanić		Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Zagreb, Croatia
65.8	Succeeded	Armand Coupel †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France	Bishop Emeritus
51.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Maggi, P.I.M.E. †	Bishop of Hanzhong [Hanchung], China
74.2	Died	François-Jean-Marie Serrand †	Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
21 Mar		Born	Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M.		Bishop Emeritus of Alotau-Sideia, Papua New Guinea
22 Mar	44.4	Appointed	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Apostolic Delegate to Japan	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
23 Mar	89.9	Died	Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Hangchow [Hangzhou], China
	Born	Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.		Archbishop Emeritus of Shkodrë-Pult, Albania
65.8	Died	Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
25 Mar	28.1	Ordained Priest	John Wu Shi-zhen †	Priest	Archbishop of Nanchang [Nanchang], China
29.6	Ordained Priest	Thomas Zeng Jing mu, O.P. †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Yujiang [Yükiang], China
26 Mar		Born	Carlo Bresciani		Bishop Emeritus of San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone-Montalto, Italy
27 Mar	36.0	Installed	Thomas Vincent Cahill †	Bishop of Cairns, Australia	Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn), Australia
	Born	Thomas John Rodi		Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile, Alabama, USA
42.0	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Tato †	Titular Bishop of Aulon	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
51.9	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C. †	Titular Bishop of Azura	Prelate Emeritus of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Brazil
28 Mar	71.3	Resigned	Cesaire Stern, O.F.M. †	Prefect of Weihai [Weihaiwei], China	Prefect Emeritus
29 Mar		Born	Mykhailo Koltun, C.Ss.R.		Bishop Emeritus of Sokal-Zhovkva (Ukrainian), Ukraine
30 Mar	49.8	Appointed	Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
49.8	Appointed	Guido Luigi Bentivoglio, O. Cist. †	Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
44.8	Appointed	Félix César da Cunha Vasconcellos, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
40.4	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Esser, O.S.F.S. †	Titular Bishop of Claneus	Bishop of Keimoes, South Africa
31 Mar	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Roméo Gagnon †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada
1 Apr	44.0	Appointed	Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
41.5	Appointed	Owen McCoy, M. Afr. †	Prefect of Oyo, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Oyo, Nigeria
2 Apr	22.8	Ordained Priest	Luigi Bommarito †	Priest of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Catania, Italy
22.7	Ordained Priest	Emanuele Catarinicchia †	Priest of Monreale, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
22.8	Ordained Priest	Rafael Garcia González †	Priest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Bishop of León, Guanajuato, México
26.6	Ordained Priest	Mariano Gaviola y Garcés †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Lipa, Philippines
29.0	Ordained Priest	Jan Gurda †	Priest of Kielce, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop
26.5	Ordained Priest	Porfirio Rivera Iligan †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Masbate, Philippines
32.0	Ordained Priest	Bernard Martin Ngaviliau, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Bishop Emeritus of Zanzibar, Tanzania
22.8	Ordained Priest	Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
23.8	Ordained Priest	José Esaúl Robles Jiménez †	Priest	Bishop of Zamora, Michoacán, México
24.4	Ordained Priest	Samuel Ruiz García †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México
28.1	Ordained Priest	Francisco Raúl Villalobos Padilla †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Saltillo, Coahuila, México
6 Apr	60.6	Appointed	Joseph-Marie-Jean-Baptiste Chappe †	Bishop of Le Puy-en-Velay, France
7 Apr	60.4	Appointed	Patrick James Byrne, M.M. †	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
60.4	Appointed	Patrick James Byrne, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Gazera	Apostolic Delegate to Korea
	Born	Zygmunt Zimowski †		President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
8 Apr	75.6	Retired	Thomas Addis Emmet, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of Giamaica o Jamaica, Antilles	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
58.3	Appointed	Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba †	Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Archbishop of Oviedo, Spain
10 Apr	66.8	Died	Francisco Cavero y Tormo †	Bishop of Coria, Spain
26.2	Ordained Priest	Celso Nogoy Guevarra †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Balanga, Philippines
11 Apr	30.6	Ordained Priest	[Paul Han Xi-rang], O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
24.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph Li Mingshu †	Priest	Bishop of Qingdao [Tsingtao], China
12 Apr		Born	Leonard Paul Blair		Archbishop Emeritus of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
15 Apr		Born	Pierre Nguyễn Văn Tốt		Apostolic Nuncio
16 Apr	24.3	Ordained Priest	Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †	Priest of Order of Friar Servants of Mary	Archbishop Emeritus of Puerto Montt, Chile
23.0	Ordained Priest	Antonio Deig Clotet †	Priest of Solsona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
26.2	Ordained Priest	José Sebastián Laboa Gallego †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio
24.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac †	Priest of Rijeka (-Opatija), Croatia	Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
17 Apr		Born	Edson de Castro Homem		Bishop Emeritus of Iguatu, Ceara, Brazil
18 Apr	29.8	Ordained Priest	François-Xavier Dione †	Priest of Dakar, Senegal	Bishop of Thiès, Senegal
	Born	Josef Kajnek		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Hradec Králové, Czechia
28.2	Ordained Priest	Hyacinthe Thiandoum †	Priest of Dakar, Senegal	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Dakar, Senegal
19 Apr	41.0	Ordained Bishop	Charles Herman Helmsing †	Titular Bishop of Axomis	Bishop Emeritus of Kansas City-Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA
20 Apr	60.5	Died	László Bánáss †	Bishop of Veszprém, Hungary
37.7	Ordained Bishop	John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Darwin, Australia
21 Apr	50.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Bishop Emeritus
50.0	Appointed	Lorenzo Bianchi, P.I.M.E. †	Titular Bishop of Choma	Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
	Appointed	Fabian Cheu †	Apostolic Administrator of Chifeng [Chihfeng], China	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
45.7	Appointed	Leo D’Mello †	Bishop of Ajmer, India	Bishop Emeritus of Ajmer and Jaipur, India
47.7	Appointed	Peter Gratian Grimm, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Tianshui [Tsinchow], China
46.1	Appointed	John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kokstad, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa
46.1	Appointed	John Evangelist McBride, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Bishop Emeritus of Kokstad, South Africa
74.9	Resigned	Lucas Tchao (Zhao Qinghua) †	Prefect of Chihfeng [Chifeng], China	Prefect Emeritus
23 Apr	75.8	Appointed	Henri-Édouard Dutoit †	Titular Archbishop of Sebastopolis in Abasgia	Bishop Emeritus of Arras, France
24.5	Ordained Priest	Grégoire Haddad †	Priest of Beirut and Jbeil {Bairut e Gibail} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
23.8	Ordained Priest	Eustathe Joseph Mounayer †	Priest of Damas (Syrian), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
61.2	Appointed	Alfredo Pacini †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uruguay	Cardinal, Official of the Roman Curia - Other
24 Apr	28.1	Ordained Priest	Antonio María Javierre Ortas, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
25 Apr	44.3	Ordained Bishop	Bl. Tit Liviu Chinezu †	Titular Bishop of Regiana	Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia (Romanian), Romania
44.5	Ordained Bishop	Maximilien de Fürstenberg †	Titular Archbishop of Paltus	Cardinal, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
26 Apr	73.9	Died	Patrick Lyons †	Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland
27 Apr		Born	Petrus Canisius Mandagi, M.S.C.		Archbishop of Merauke, Indonesia
28 Apr		Born	Luis Artemio Flores Calzada		Bishop Emeritus of Tepic, Nayarit, México
29 Apr		Born	Juan Odilón Martínez García		Bishop Emeritus of Atlacomulco, México, México
60.3	Died	Dionisio Habib Naassani †	Archbishop of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Syrian), Syria
30 Apr	28.2	Ordained Priest	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Priest of Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
64.9	Appointed	Andrea Taccone †	Titular Archbishop of Pompeiopolis in Paphlagonia	Bishop Emeritus of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy
64.9	Resigned	Andrea Taccone †	Bishop of Ruvo e Bitonto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus

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