The Year of Our Lord 1968

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Apr 73.2 Appointed Albert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti Bishop

48.5 Appointed Francisco Raval Cruces † Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

48.5 Appointed Francisco Raval Cruces † Titular Bishop of Tambeae Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines

54.2 Appointed Maurice John Dingman † Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Timothy Joseph Harrington † Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Bishop Emeritus

49.2 Appointed Timothy Joseph Harrington † Titular Bishop of Rusuca Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

3 Apr 52.1 Ordained Bishop Raymond James Vonesh † Titular Bishop of Vanariona Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA

4 Apr 47.0 Appointed Terence James Cooke † Bishop of United States of America, Military Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

75.3 Ceased Philip Joseph Furlong † Administrator of United States of America, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

81.1 Died Amedeo da Gangi Marcantonio Speciale, O.F.M. Cap. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece

5 Apr 40.0 Resigned Joseph Louis Bernardin † Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 Apr 28.3 Ordained Priest Filomeno Gonzales Bactol Priest of Palo, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Naval, Philippines

47.8 Appointed Emanuele Gerada † Coadjutor Bishop of Malta Apostolic Nuncio

54.8 Installed Thomas Joseph Mardaga † Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Born Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra Bishop of Machala, Ecuador

54.1 Appointed Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo † Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

7 Apr Born Joseph Maluki Mwongela Bishop of Kitui, Kenya

8 Apr 45.5 Appointed Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. † Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma, Argentina Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

45.5 Appointed Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Puppi Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina

9 Apr 33.0 Appointed Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. † Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar

64.3 Died Edward John Doody † Bishop of Armidale, Australia

47.0 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

47.0 Appointed Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. † Titular Bishop of Igilgili Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka

35.3 Appointed Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

35.3 Appointed Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis † Titular Bishop of Mulia Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka

73.9 Appointed Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

73.9 Resigned Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. † Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

45.9 Appointed Stephen Kim Sou-hwan † Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South) Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

42.8 Appointed Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean † Bishop of Penang, Malaysia Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore

39.6 Appointed Albert Tshomba Yungu † Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

10 Apr 88.7 Died Jean-Marcel Rodié † Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France

Born Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil

12 Apr Born Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Born Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia

13 Apr Born Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D. Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea

14 Apr 23.4 Ordained Priest Francisco Cases Andreu Priest of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

Born Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A. Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)

Born George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B. Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India

15 Apr 25.1 Ordained Priest Jean-Clément Jeanbart Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Priest Nicolas Sawaf Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria

16 Apr 72.2 Appointed Henri Maurice Albert Audrain † Titular Archbishop of Mimiana Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

72.2 Resigned Henri Maurice Albert Audrain † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France Archbishop Emeritus

20.7 Professed Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam

55.5 Appointed Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud † Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France

59.8 Installed Aloysius John Wycislo † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr Born Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm. Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

55.8 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. † Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

18 Apr 63.8 Appointed Emilio Abascal y Salmerón † Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

76.9 Appointed Manuel Pío López Estrada † Titular Archbishop of Druas Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

76.9 Retired Manuel Pío López Estrada † Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México Archbishop Emeritus

84.3 Died Enrique Pérez Serantes † Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba

19 Apr 82.5 Died Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia

79.3 Died [Julio Garret] † Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

55.3 Appointed Pierluigi Sartorelli † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya

20 Apr 24.6 Ordained Priest Francesco Biasin Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

47.8 Appointed Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier † Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

56.4 Appointed Paul Grégoire † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

63.9 Resigned Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. † Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

31.5 Ordained Priest Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. † Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India

Born Andrew Small, O.M.I. Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

25.3 Ordained Priest Anton Stres, C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Mission Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

21 Apr 54.1 Ordained Bishop Piotr Longin Bednarczyk † Titular Bishop of Turris Rotunda Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland

45.0 Ordained Bishop Blas Victorio Conrero † Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina

44.2 Ordained Bishop René Fernández Apaza † Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia

51.6 Ordained Bishop Guerino Luigi Grimaldi † Titular Bishop of Salapia Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy

44.8 Ordained Bishop Vekoslav Grmič † Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

23.4 Ordained Priest József Tamás Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania

22 Apr Born Noel Andrew Rucastle Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa

23 Apr 68.0 Appointed Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. † Titular Bishop of Summa Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius

68.0 Resigned Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius Bishop Emeritus

76.9 Died Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. † Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

24 Apr Born Gabriella Gambino Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life

25 Apr 54.6 Appointed Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge † Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France Archbishop Emeritus

54.6 Appointed Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge † Titular Archbishop of Curubis Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France

26 Apr 46.0 Appointed Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea † Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru

42.4 Appointed Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira † Prelate of Yauyos, Peru Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru

30 Apr 81.7 Died Nicola Capasso † Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	73.2	Appointed	Albert-François Cousineau, C.S.C. †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cap-Haïtien, Haïti	Bishop
48.5	Appointed	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
48.5	Appointed	Francisco Raval Cruces †	Titular Bishop of Tambeae	Archbishop Emeritus of Zamboanga, Philippines
54.2	Appointed	Maurice John Dingman †	Bishop of Des Moines, Iowa, USA	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA	Bishop Emeritus
49.2	Appointed	Timothy Joseph Harrington †	Titular Bishop of Rusuca	Bishop Emeritus of Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
3 Apr	52.1	Ordained Bishop	Raymond James Vonesh †	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Joliet in Illinois, USA
4 Apr	47.0	Appointed	Terence James Cooke †	Bishop of United States of America, Military	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
75.3	Ceased	Philip Joseph Furlong †	Administrator of United States of America, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
81.1	Died	Amedeo da Gangi Marcantonio Speciale, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Crete {Candia}, Greece
5 Apr	40.0	Resigned	Joseph Louis Bernardin †	Auxiliary Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 Apr	28.3	Ordained Priest	Filomeno Gonzales Bactol	Priest of Palo, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Naval, Philippines
47.8	Appointed	Emanuele Gerada †	Coadjutor Bishop of Malta	Apostolic Nuncio
54.8	Installed	Thomas Joseph Mardaga †	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
	Born	Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra		Bishop of Machala, Ecuador
54.1	Appointed	Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo †	Bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr		Born	Joseph Maluki Mwongela		Bishop of Kitui, Kenya
8 Apr	45.5	Appointed	Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Viedma, Argentina	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
45.5	Appointed	Miguel Angel Alemán Eslava, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Puppi	Bishop of Río Gallegos, Argentina
9 Apr	33.0	Appointed	Robert Lucien Chapuis, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Mananjary, Madagascar
64.3	Died	Edward John Doody †	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
47.0	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
47.0	Appointed	Edmund Joseph Fernando, O.M.I. †	Titular Bishop of Igilgili	Bishop Emeritus of Badulla, Sri Lanka
35.3	Appointed	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †	Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo in Ceylon, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
35.3	Appointed	Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis †	Titular Bishop of Mulia	Archbishop Emeritus of Colombo, Sri Lanka
73.9	Appointed	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Titular Bishop of Sicca Veneria	Bishop Emeritus of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
73.9	Resigned	Joseph Augustin Hagendorens, C.P. †	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
45.9	Appointed	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan †	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
42.8	Appointed	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Bishop of Penang, Malaysia	Archbishop Emeritus of Singapore
39.6	Appointed	Albert Tshomba Yungu †	Bishop of Tshumbe, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	88.7	Died	Jean-Marcel Rodié †	Bishop Emeritus of Agen, France
	Born	Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho		Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia, Brazil
12 Apr		Born	Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva		Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
	Born	Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez		Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia
13 Apr		Born	Joseph Tarife Durero, S.V.D.		Bishop of Daru-Kiunga, Papua New Guinea
14 Apr	23.4	Ordained Priest	Francisco Cases Andreu	Priest of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
	Born	Joseph Antoine Khawam, B.A.		Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela (Melkite Greek)
	Born	George Rajendran Kuttinadar, S.D.B.		Bishop of Thuckalay (Syro-Malabar), India
15 Apr	25.1	Ordained Priest	Jean-Clément Jeanbart	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Priest	Nicolas Sawaf	Priest of Alep [Beroea, Halab] (Melkite Greek), Syria	Archbishop Emeritus of Lattaquié {Laodicea} (Melkite Greek), Syria
16 Apr	72.2	Appointed	Henri Maurice Albert Audrain †	Titular Archbishop of Mimiana	Archbishop Emeritus of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
72.2	Resigned	Henri Maurice Albert Audrain †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Archbishop Emeritus
20.7	Professed	Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J.	Member of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Bắc Ninh, Viet Nam
55.5	Appointed	Maurice-Mathieu-Louis Rigaud †	Archbishop of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France
59.8	Installed	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr		Born	Francisco de Sales Alencar Batista, O. Carm.		Bishop of Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
55.8	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Enrico (John Henry) Boccella, T.O.R. †	Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr	63.8	Appointed	Emilio Abascal y Salmerón †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
76.9	Appointed	Manuel Pío López Estrada †	Titular Archbishop of Druas	Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
76.9	Retired	Manuel Pío López Estrada †	Archbishop of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México	Archbishop Emeritus
84.3	Died	Enrique Pérez Serantes †	Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba
19 Apr	82.5	Died	Berthold Bühl, O.F.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Oruro, Bolivia
79.3	Died	[Julio Garret] †	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
55.3	Appointed	Pierluigi Sartorelli †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Tanzania	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio Emeritus to Kenya
20 Apr	24.6	Ordained Priest	Francesco Biasin	Priest of Padova {Padua}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
47.8	Appointed	Louis Joseph Jean Marie Fortier †	Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
56.4	Appointed	Paul Grégoire †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
63.9	Resigned	Paul-Émile Léger, P.S.S. †	Archbishop of Montréal, Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
31.5	Ordained Priest	Lucas Sirkar, S.D.B. †	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Calcutta, India
	Born	Andrew Small, O.M.I.		Secretary Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
25.3	Ordained Priest	Anton Stres, C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Mission	Archbishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
21 Apr	54.1	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Longin Bednarczyk †	Titular Bishop of Turris Rotunda	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tarnów, Poland
45.0	Ordained Bishop	Blas Victorio Conrero †	Archbishop of Tucumán, Argentina
44.2	Ordained Bishop	René Fernández Apaza †	Bishop of Oruro, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
51.6	Ordained Bishop	Guerino Luigi Grimaldi †	Titular Bishop of Salapia	Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno, Italy
44.8	Ordained Bishop	Vekoslav Grmič †	Titular Bishop of Uchi Maius	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
23.4	Ordained Priest	József Tamás	Priest of Alba Iulia, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Alba Iulia, Romania
22 Apr		Born	Noel Andrew Rucastle		Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa
23 Apr	68.0	Appointed	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Bishop Emeritus of Port-Louis, Mauritius
68.0	Resigned	Daniel Liston, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius	Bishop Emeritus
76.9	Died	Antonio Gregorio Vuccino, A.A. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
24 Apr		Born	Gabriella Gambino		Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
25 Apr	54.6	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop Emeritus
54.6	Appointed	Eugène-Jean-Marie Polge †	Titular Archbishop of Curubis	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France
26 Apr	46.0	Appointed	Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea †	Bishop of Chiclayo, Peru
42.4	Appointed	Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira †	Prelate of Yauyos, Peru	Archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa, Peru
30 Apr	81.7	Died	Nicola Capasso †	Bishop Emeritus of Acerra, Italy

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