The Year of Our Lord 1959

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 39.1 Appointed Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman † Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr 74.5 Died Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.Ss.R. † Apostolic Exarch of Volyn, Polesia and Podlasie (Byzantine), Ukraine

3 Apr 28.3 Ordained Priest Osmond Peter Martin † Priest of Belize Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles

33.0 Ordained Priest Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. † Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan

40.4 Appointed Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea

4 Apr 26.6 Ordained Priest Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé † Priest Bishop of Sikasso, Mali

21.0 Solemn Vows Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. † Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

27.1 Ordained Priest Gian Vincenzo Moreni † Priest of Brescia, Italy Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines

5 Apr 61.1 Ordained Bishop Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Fesseë Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.6 Ordained Bishop Alfonso Niehues † Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

55.8 Ordained Bishop José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Phoba Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador

46.7 Ordained Bishop Manuel Tavares de Araújo † Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Installed Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile

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

6 Apr 52.0 Ordained Bishop Raymond D’Mello † Bishop of Mangalore, India Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India

Born Etienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

Born Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. † Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela

7 Apr 58.7 Appointed Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † Vicar Apostolic of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

58.7 Appointed Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. † Titular Bishop of Sais Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt

Born Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P. Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

Born Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I. Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia

8 Apr 61.3 Appointed Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † Coadjutor Bishop of Laval, France Bishop Emeritus

61.3 Appointed Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem † Titular Bishop of Arethusa Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France

Born Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil Bishop of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India

45.5 Died Marius Macrionitis, S.J. † Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece

36.9 Appointed Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

9 Apr 53.0 Ordained Bishop John William Comber, M.M. † Titular Bishop of Foratiana Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America

Born Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France

54.9 Appointed Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. † Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

Born Kiro Stojanov Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia

10 Apr Born Peter Rumal Kharadi Bishop of Jhabua, India

11 Apr 27.0 Ordained Deacon Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika † Deacon of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Titular Bishop of Belesasa

12 Apr 40.4 Ordained Bishop Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa † Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

48.2 Ordained Bishop Julius Angerhausen † Titular Bishop of Eminentiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany

50.1 Ordained Bishop Ignacio Arbulú Pineda † Bishop of Huánuco, Peru

28.9 Ordained Priest Joseph Dergham † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt

26.7 Ordained Priest Boutros Edmond Gemayel † Priest of Cyprus (Maronite) Archbishop Emeritus

27.0 Ordained Priest Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika † Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Titular Bishop of Belesasa

14 Apr Born Rosario Gisana Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy

15 Apr 51.2 Appointed Paolo Bertoli † Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber

16 Apr 64.5 Appointed Martin Lucas, S.V.D. † Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia Apostolic Delegate Emeritus

17 Apr 44.3 Appointed Alejandro Durán Moreira † Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile

38.6 Appointed Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian) Apostolic Exarch Emeritus

38.6 Appointed Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak † Titular Bishop of Castra Martis Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)

18 Apr 82.0 Died Moisés Sizenando Coelho † Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil

67.0 Died Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

19 Apr 23.3 Ordained Priest Ryszard Karpiński † Priest of Lublin, Poland Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland

Born Alain de Raemy Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland

55.8 Died André Sorin, M.S.C. † Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

20 Apr Born Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J. Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy

25.8 Professed Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. † Member of Order of Friars Minor Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil

Born Stefano Manetti Bishop of Fiesole, Italy

21 Apr 36.6 Appointed Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. † Prelate of Coroico, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia

36.6 Appointed Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. † Titular Bishop of Arsamosata Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia

40.8 Appointed Costanzo Micci † Auxiliary Bishop of Larino, Italy Bishop of Fano, Italy

40.8 Appointed Costanzo Micci † Titular Bishop of Hadriania Bishop of Fano, Italy

22 Apr 52.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Peter Michael Denning † Titular Bishop of Mallus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

53.2 Ordained Bishop Charles Richard Mulrooney † Titular Bishop of Valentiniana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA

23 Apr 27.7 Ordained Priest Joseph Mittathany † Priest Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India

28.4 Ordained Priest Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India

24 Apr Born Cristián Contreras Villarroel Bishop of (San José de) Melipilla, Chile

72.3 Resigned John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. † Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

39.7 Appointed Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. † Prefect of Bechuanaland, Botswana Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana

25 Apr 28.6 Ordained Priest Roland Aboujaoudé † Priest Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon

60.1 Appointed Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian † Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon

Born Enrique Benavent Vidal Archbishop of Valencia, Spain

52.5 Appointed Alfredo Bruniera † Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”

47.3 Appointed Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. † Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar Bishop Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Cornelius Chitsulo † Bishop of Dedza, Malawi

46.1 Appointed Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. † Bishop of Fort Jameson, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia

62.2 Appointed Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. † Bishop of Kasama, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed Vivian Anthony Dyer † Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India Archbishop

52.5 Appointed Vivian Anthony Dyer † Titular Archbishop of Gabala Archbishop of Calcutta, India

59.8 Appointed Joseph Fady, M. Afr. † Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

50.4 Appointed Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. † Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia

49.3 Appointed Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Bishop of Zomba, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. † Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

39.7 Appointed Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. † Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea Bishop Emeritus

70.0 Appointed Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. † Bishop of Ndola, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

42.8 Appointed Joseph Nkongolo wa Ngoyi † Vicar Apostolic of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

42.8 Appointed Joseph Nkongolo wa Ngoyi † Titular Bishop of Lebedus Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

56.8 Appointed Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia Bishop Emeritus

53.5 Appointed John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. † Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi Archbishop Emeritus

45.9 Ordained Bishop Angelo Zambarbieri † Titular Bishop of Sita Bishop of Guastalla, Italy

26 Apr 50.2 Ordained Bishop Paul Bùi Chu Tạo † Titular Bishop of Numida Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam

88.4 Died Joseph Patrick Donahue † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA

35.7 Ordained Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. † Bishop of Puno, Peru Bishop Emeritus

52.2 Installed Antonio Ravagli † Coadjutor Bishop of Modigliana, Italy Bishop Emeritus

27 Apr 65.0 Appointed Paolo Savino † Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

65.0 Appointed Paolo Savino † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy

Born Franc Šuštar Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia

28 Apr Born Richard William Smith Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

29 Apr Born Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil

30 Apr 64.9 Died Edouard Ranaivo † Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	39.1	Appointed	Juan Félix Pepén y Soliman †	Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	74.5	Died	Bl. Mykola (Nicola) Czarneckyj (Charnetsky), C.Ss.R. †	Apostolic Exarch of Volyn, Polesia and Podlasie (Byzantine), Ukraine
3 Apr	28.3	Ordained Priest	Osmond Peter Martin †	Priest of Belize	Bishop Emeritus of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, Antilles
33.0	Ordained Priest	Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Bishop Emeritus of Sendai, Japan
40.4	Appointed	Firmin Martin Schmidt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect of Mendi, Papua New Guinea	Bishop Emeritus of Mendi, Papua New Guinea
4 Apr	26.6	Ordained Priest	Jean-Baptiste Maria Cissé †	Priest	Bishop of Sikasso, Mali
21.0	Solemn Vows	Amancio Escapa Aparicio, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
27.1	Ordained Priest	Gian Vincenzo Moreni †	Priest of Brescia, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio to Philippines
5 Apr	61.1	Ordained Bishop	Léon Théobald Delaere, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Fesseë	Bishop Emeritus of Molegbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.6	Ordained Bishop	Alfonso Niehues †	Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro	Archbishop Emeritus of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
55.8	Ordained Bishop	José Félix Pintado Blasco, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Phoba	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Méndez, Ecuador
46.7	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Tavares de Araújo †	Bishop of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Installed	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Valparaíso, Chile
45.7	Ordained Bishop	José Thurler †	Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	52.0	Ordained Bishop	Raymond D’Mello †	Bishop of Mangalore, India	Bishop Emeritus of Allahabad, India
	Born	Etienne Ung’eyowun Bediwegi		Bishop of Bondo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
	Born	Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D. †		Bishop Emeritus of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
7 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
58.7	Appointed	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Titular Bishop of Sais	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt
	Born	Georges Salim Khawam, S.M.S.P.		Archbishop of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
	Born	Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, O.M.I.		Archbishop of Windhoek, Namibia
8 Apr	61.3	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Coadjutor Bishop of Laval, France	Bishop Emeritus
61.3	Appointed	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Titular Bishop of Arethusa	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
	Born	Yoohanon Theodosius Kochuthundil		Bishop of Muvattupuzha (Syro-Malankara), India
45.5	Died	Marius Macrionitis, S.J. †	Archbishop of Athēnai {Athens}, Greece
36.9	Appointed	Adalberto Domingos Marzi, O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Alto Solimões, Amazonas, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
9 Apr	53.0	Ordained Bishop	John William Comber, M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Foratiana	Superior General Emeritus of Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
	Born	Jean-Marie Charles André Le Vert		Auxiliary Bishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
54.9	Appointed	Angel Martínez Vivas, O.SS.T. †	Bishop of Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
	Born	Kiro Stojanov		Bishop of Skopje, North Macedonia
10 Apr		Born	Peter Rumal Kharadi		Bishop of Jhabua, India
11 Apr	27.0	Ordained Deacon	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Deacon of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
12 Apr	40.4	Ordained Bishop	Estanislao Alcaraz y Figueroa †	Bishop of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
48.2	Ordained Bishop	Julius Angerhausen †	Titular Bishop of Eminentiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Essen, Germany
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Ignacio Arbulú Pineda †	Bishop of Huánuco, Peru
28.9	Ordained Priest	Joseph Dergham †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Le Caire {Cairo} (Maronite), Egypt
26.7	Ordained Priest	Boutros Edmond Gemayel †	Priest of Cyprus (Maronite)	Archbishop Emeritus
27.0	Ordained Priest	Joachim Mbadu Kikhela Kupika †	Priest of Boma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Titular Bishop of Belesasa
14 Apr		Born	Rosario Gisana		Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Italy
15 Apr	51.2	Appointed	Paolo Bertoli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon	Cardinal, Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
16 Apr	64.5	Appointed	Martin Lucas, S.V.D. †	Apostolic Delegate to Scandinavia	Apostolic Delegate Emeritus
17 Apr	44.3	Appointed	Alejandro Durán Moreira †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Rancagua, Chile
38.6	Appointed	Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak †	Apostolic Exarch of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus
38.6	Appointed	Platon Volodyslav Kornyljak †	Titular Bishop of Castra Martis	Apostolic Exarch Emeritus of Germany and Scandinavia {Deutschland und Skandinavien} (Ukrainian)
18 Apr	82.0	Died	Moisés Sizenando Coelho †	Archbishop of Paraíba, Brazil
67.0	Died	Felipe Antonio Gallego Gorgojo, S.J. †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19 Apr	23.3	Ordained Priest	Ryszard Karpiński †	Priest of Lublin, Poland	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Lublin, Poland
	Born	Alain de Raemy		Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Genève et Fribourg (Freiburg), Switzerland
55.8	Died	André Sorin, M.S.C. †	Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
20 Apr		Born	Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J.		Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
25.8	Professed	Henrique Johannpötter, O.F.M. †	Member of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Bacabal, Maranhão, Brazil
	Born	Stefano Manetti		Bishop of Fiesole, Italy
21 Apr	36.6	Appointed	Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. †	Prelate of Coroico, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
36.6	Appointed	Tomás Roberto Patricio Manning, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Arsamosata	Bishop Emeritus of Coroico, Bolivia
40.8	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Auxiliary Bishop of Larino, Italy	Bishop of Fano, Italy
40.8	Appointed	Costanzo Micci †	Titular Bishop of Hadriania	Bishop of Fano, Italy
22 Apr	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Peter Michael Denning †	Titular Bishop of Mallus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Charles Richard Mulrooney †	Titular Bishop of Valentiniana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 Apr	27.7	Ordained Priest	Joseph Mittathany †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Imphal, India
28.4	Ordained Priest	Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Cuddapah, India
24 Apr		Born	Cristián Contreras Villarroel		Bishop of (San José de) Melipilla, Chile
72.3	Resigned	John David Hubaldus Lehman, SS.CC. †	Vicar Apostolic of Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
39.7	Appointed	Urban Charles Joseph Murphy, C.P. †	Prefect of Bechuanaland, Botswana	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana
25 Apr	28.6	Ordained Priest	Roland Aboujaoudé †	Priest	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
60.1	Appointed	Ignace Pierre XVI (Louis) Batanian †	Titular Archbishop of Colonia in Armenia	Patriarch Emeritus of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
	Born	Enrique Benavent Vidal		Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
52.5	Appointed	Alfredo Bruniera †	Apostolic Nuncio to Ecuador	Vice President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
47.3	Appointed	Michel-Henri Canonne, A.A. †	Bishop of Tuléar, Madagascar	Bishop Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Cornelius Chitsulo †	Bishop of Dedza, Malawi
46.1	Appointed	Firmin Courtemanche, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Fort Jameson, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Chipata, Zambia
62.2	Appointed	Marcel Daubechies, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Kasama, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	Vivian Anthony Dyer †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop
52.5	Appointed	Vivian Anthony Dyer †	Titular Archbishop of Gabala	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
59.8	Appointed	Joseph Fady, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
50.4	Appointed	Adolf Fürstenberg, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Abercorn, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus of Mbala, Zambia
49.3	Appointed	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Zomba, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	Adam Kozłowiecki, S.J. †	Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
39.7	Appointed	Eugène Maillat, M. Afr. †	Bishop of N’Zérékoré, Guinea	Bishop Emeritus
70.0	Appointed	Francesco Costantino Mazzieri, O.F.M. Conv. †	Bishop of Ndola, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
42.8	Appointed	Joseph Nkongolo wa Ngoyi †	Vicar Apostolic of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
42.8	Appointed	Joseph Nkongolo wa Ngoyi †	Titular Bishop of Lebedus	Bishop Emeritus of Mbujimayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
56.8	Appointed	Timothy Phelim O’Shea, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Livingstone, Zambia	Bishop Emeritus
53.5	Appointed	John Baptist Hubert Theunissen, S.M.M. †	Archbishop of Blantyre, Malawi	Archbishop Emeritus
45.9	Ordained Bishop	Angelo Zambarbieri †	Titular Bishop of Sita	Bishop of Guastalla, Italy
26 Apr	50.2	Ordained Bishop	Paul Bùi Chu Tạo †	Titular Bishop of Numida	Bishop Emeritus of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
88.4	Died	Joseph Patrick Donahue †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA
35.7	Ordained Bishop	Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Puno, Peru	Bishop Emeritus
52.2	Installed	Antonio Ravagli †	Coadjutor Bishop of Modigliana, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
27 Apr	65.0	Appointed	Paolo Savino †	Auxiliary Bishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
65.0	Appointed	Paolo Savino †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Thessalia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
	Born	Franc Šuštar		Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia
28 Apr		Born	Richard William Smith		Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
29 Apr		Born	Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa		Bishop of Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil
30 Apr	64.9	Died	Edouard Ranaivo †	Bishop of Miarinarivo, Madagascar

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