The Year of Our Lord 1965

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Apr 72.4 Ceased Renato Ziggiotti, S.D.B. † Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Rector Major Emeritus

1 Apr 57.0 Appointed José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza † Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

2 Apr Born Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F. Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria

3 Apr 52.2 Ordained Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette † Titular Bishop of Maxita Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

23.8 Ordained Priest Beniamino Depalma, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy

27.0 Ordained Priest Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien † Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

47.3 Appointed Luigi Poggi † Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

47.3 Appointed Luigi Poggi † Apostolic Delegate to Central Africa Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive

Born Sandro Salvucci Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy

23.4 Ordained Priest Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador

Born Petru Sescu Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi, Romania

4 Apr 25.1 Ordained Deacon Jean-Charles Marie Descubes Deacon of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France

Born Alain Faubert Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada

26.0 Ordained Deacon Giuseppe Orlandoni Deacon of Recanati, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy

31.3 Ordained Priest George Riashi, B.C. † Priest of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek) Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)

5 Apr Born Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

87.3 Died Johann Evangelist Erich Müller † Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

6 Apr 52.5 Succeeded Teopisto Valderrama Alberto † Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Archbishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed Franz König † President of the Secretariat for Non-Believers Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria

75.7 Died Pedro Paulo Santos Songco † Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines

7 Apr 70.9 Resigned Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. † Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

61.0 Appointed Miguel Ángel Arce Vivas † Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus

85.7 Died Giovanni Capobianco † Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy

50.9 Appointed Angelo Pedroni † Titular Archbishop of Novica Apostolic Nuncio

9 Apr Born José Roberto Fortes Palau Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil

62.0 Died Albert Gregory Meyer † Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

10 Apr 93.6 Died James Duhig † Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia

68.1 Succeeded Patrick Mary O’Donnell † Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia Archbishop Emeritus

50.9 Appointed Angelo Pedroni † Apostolic Delegate to Thailand, Laos and the Malacca Peninsula Apostolic Nuncio

Born Cyril Vasil’, S.J. Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia

11 Apr 47.1 Ordained Bishop Michel Callens, M. Afr. † Titular Archbishop of Moxori Prelate of Tunis, Tunisia

24.0 Ordained Priest Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P. Priest of Order of Friars Preachers Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru

13 Apr Born Jean-Philippe Paul Nault, S.J.M.V. Bishop of Nice, France

14 Apr 58.3 Died Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. † Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia

57.3 Appointed Frank Henry Greteman † Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Frank Henry Greteman † Titular Bishop of Vissalsa Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA

60.2 Appointed Cyril John Vogel † Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA

15 Apr Born Michael Router Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland

17 Apr 91.8 Died Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński † Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland

Born Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, I.M.C. Bishop of Maralal, Kenya

19 Apr Born René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón Bishop of León en Nicaragua

24.3 Solemn Vows Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic

20 Apr 25.1 Ordained Priest Venant Bacinoni † Priest of Bururi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

40.8 Ordained Bishop James Martin Hayes † Titular Bishop of Reperi Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

29.5 Ordained Priest Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Bishop Emeritus of Dharmapuri, India

69.5 Died Paul Kiredjian † Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey

21 Apr 47.0 Appointed Edward Anthony McCarthy † Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

47.0 Appointed Edward Anthony McCarthy † Titular Bishop of Tamascani Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA

Born Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M. Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine

22 Apr Born Joseph Ma Yinglin Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China

23 Apr 81.7 Appointed Fernando Cento † Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

79.7 Died Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. † Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China

66.0 Died Pierre-Marie Gustave Lacointe † Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France

24 Apr 48.6 Installed Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. † Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil

25 Apr 58.6 Resigned Angelo Prinetto † Vicar Apostolic of Loreto, Italy Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

27.8 Ordained Priest Joseph Edra Ukpo † Priest of Ogoja, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

26 Apr 63.8 Appointed Anacleto Cazzaniga † Apostolic Administrator of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy

27 Apr 50.4 Resigned Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov † Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

68.2 Appointed Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. † Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

63.9 Appointed Luigi Ricceri, S.D.B. † Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Rector Major Emeritus

28 Apr 29.6 Ordained Priest Mauro Morelli † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

29 Apr 76.7 Died Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P. † Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok, Thailand

25.4 Ordained Priest Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan † Priest Bishop Emeritus of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam

56.9 Succeeded Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo † Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok, Thailand Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand

40.4 Appointed Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. † Prelate of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil

28.1 Ordained Priest Pierre Trần Ðình Tứ Priest of Saigon, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	72.4	Ceased	Renato Ziggiotti, S.D.B. †	Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Rector Major Emeritus
1 Apr	57.0	Appointed	José de Jesús Tirado Pedraza †	Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México	Archbishop Emeritus of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
2 Apr		Born	Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, C.M.F.		Bishop of Makurdi, Nigeria
3 Apr	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Romeo Roy Blanchette †	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
23.8	Ordained Priest	Beniamino Depalma, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Bishop Emeritus of Nola, Italy
27.0	Ordained Priest	Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien †	Priest of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
47.3	Appointed	Luigi Poggi †	Titular Archbishop of Forontoniana	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
47.3	Appointed	Luigi Poggi †	Apostolic Delegate to Central Africa	Cardinal, Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive
	Born	Sandro Salvucci		Archbishop of Pesaro, Italy
23.4	Ordained Priest	Jesús Esteban Sádaba Pérez, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Aguarico, Ecuador
	Born	Petru Sescu		Auxiliary Bishop of Iaşi, Romania
4 Apr	25.1	Ordained Deacon	Jean-Charles Marie Descubes	Deacon of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Rouen, France
	Born	Alain Faubert		Bishop of Valleyfield, Québec, Canada
26.0	Ordained Deacon	Giuseppe Orlandoni	Deacon of Recanati, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Senigallia, Italy
31.3	Ordained Priest	George Riashi, B.C. †	Priest of Basilian Chouerite Order of Saint John the Baptist (Melkite Greek)	Archbishop Emeritus of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek)
5 Apr		Born	Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma		Bishop of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
87.3	Died	Johann Evangelist Erich Müller †	Bishop Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden
6 Apr	52.5	Succeeded	Teopisto Valderrama Alberto †	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	Franz König †	President of the Secretariat for Non-Believers	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
75.7	Died	Pedro Paulo Santos Songco †	Archbishop of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines
7 Apr	70.9	Resigned	Gregório Alonso Aparicio, O.A.R. †	Prelate of Marajó, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
61.0	Appointed	Miguel Ángel Arce Vivas †	Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus
85.7	Died	Giovanni Capobianco †	Bishop of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy
50.9	Appointed	Angelo Pedroni †	Titular Archbishop of Novica	Apostolic Nuncio
9 Apr		Born	José Roberto Fortes Palau		Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo, Brazil
62.0	Died	Albert Gregory Meyer †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 Apr	93.6	Died	James Duhig †	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia
68.1	Succeeded	Patrick Mary O’Donnell †	Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia	Archbishop Emeritus
50.9	Appointed	Angelo Pedroni †	Apostolic Delegate to Thailand, Laos and the Malacca Peninsula	Apostolic Nuncio
	Born	Cyril Vasil’, S.J.		Bishop of Košice (Slovak), Slovakia
11 Apr	47.1	Ordained Bishop	Michel Callens, M. Afr. †	Titular Archbishop of Moxori	Prelate of Tunis, Tunisia
24.0	Ordained Priest	Juan José Larrañeta Olleta, O.P.	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Puerto Maldonado, Peru
13 Apr		Born	Jean-Philippe Paul Nault, S.J.M.V.		Bishop of Nice, France
14 Apr	58.3	Died	Ubaldo Evaristo Cibrián Fernández, C.P. †	Prelate of Corocoro, Bolivia
57.3	Appointed	Frank Henry Greteman †	Auxiliary Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Frank Henry Greteman †	Titular Bishop of Vissalsa	Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City, Iowa, USA
60.2	Appointed	Cyril John Vogel †	Bishop of Salina, Kansas, USA
15 Apr		Born	Michael Router		Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland
17 Apr	91.8	Died	Włodzimierz Bronisław Jasiński †	Bishop Emeritus of Łódź, Poland
	Born	Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, I.M.C.		Bishop of Maralal, Kenya
19 Apr		Born	René Sócrates Sándigo Jirón		Bishop of León en Nicaragua
24.3	Solemn Vows	Albert Vanbuel, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic
20 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Venant Bacinoni †	Priest of Bururi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
40.8	Ordained Bishop	James Martin Hayes †	Titular Bishop of Reperi	Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
29.5	Ordained Priest	Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Bishop Emeritus of Dharmapuri, India
69.5	Died	Paul Kiredjian †	Archbishop of Istanbul (Armenian), Turkey
21 Apr	47.0	Appointed	Edward Anthony McCarthy †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
47.0	Appointed	Edward Anthony McCarthy †	Titular Bishop of Tamascani	Archbishop Emeritus of Miami, Florida, USA
	Born	Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.		Cardinal, Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}, Palestine
22 Apr		Born	Joseph Ma Yinglin		Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
23 Apr	81.7	Appointed	Fernando Cento †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
79.7	Died	Gerardo Faustino Herrero Garrote, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Changde [Changteh], China
66.0	Died	Pierre-Marie Gustave Lacointe †	Bishop of Beauvais (-Noyon-Senlis), France
24 Apr	48.6	Installed	Geraldo Claudio Luiz Micheletto Pellanda, C.P. †	Bishop of Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil
25 Apr	58.6	Resigned	Angelo Prinetto †	Vicar Apostolic of Loreto, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
27.8	Ordained Priest	Joseph Edra Ukpo †	Priest of Ogoja, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
26 Apr	63.8	Appointed	Anacleto Cazzaniga †	Apostolic Administrator of Urbania e Sant’Angelo in Vado, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Urbino, Italy
27 Apr	50.4	Resigned	Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
68.2	Appointed	Simeon Kokov (Kokoff), O.F.M. Cap. †	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
63.9	Appointed	Luigi Ricceri, S.D.B. †	Rector Major of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Rector Major Emeritus
28 Apr	29.6	Ordained Priest	Mauro Morelli †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29 Apr	76.7	Died	Louis-August Chorin, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok, Thailand
25.4	Ordained Priest	Paul Nguyễn Thanh Hoan †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Phan Thiết, Viet Nam
56.9	Succeeded	Joseph Khiamsun Nittayo †	Vicar Apostolic of Bangkok, Thailand	Archbishop Emeritus of Bangkok, Thailand
40.4	Appointed	Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. †	Prelate of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Ponta de Pedras, Para, Brazil
28.1	Ordained Priest	Pierre Trần Ðình Tứ	Priest of Saigon, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Phú Cường, Viet Nam

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