The Year of Our Lord 1971

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 65.7 Died Luigi Barbero † Bishop of Vigevano, Italy

3 Apr 26.2 Ordained Priest Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

26.3 Ordained Priest Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay

4 Apr 52.5 Ordained Bishop Cornelius Elanjikal † Bishop of Vijayapuram, India Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India

53.2 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kelanthara † Archbishop of Verapoly, India

5 Apr 45.1 Appointed Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. † Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Iomnium Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina

24.9 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy

Born Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia

6 Apr 61.3 Resigned Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. † Titular Bishop of Cenculiana Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi

9 Apr 65.7 Died Biagio Musto † Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy

14 Apr Born Isaac Bundepuun Dugu Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria

15 Apr 66.4 Resigned Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. † Titular Archbishop of Zucchabar Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

30.1 Ordained Priest Roger Paul Morin † Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

17 Apr 75.2 Retired Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montecassino, Italy Abbot Emeritus

57.1 Appointed Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy

57.1 Appointed Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Titular Bishop of Ferentium Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy

18 Apr 51.8 Ordained Bishop Carlo Cavalla † Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy Bishop Emeritus

24.1 Ordained Priest Ferenc (Franz) Cserháti † Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

49.9 Ordained Bishop Tomislav Jablanović † Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina

49.6 Ordained Bishop Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. † Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar

43.3 Ordained Bishop Benedict Ganesh Singh † Titular Bishop of Arsennaria Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles

75.1 Died Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. † Bishop of Cuttack, India

19 Apr 63.3 Appointed Vicente Bernikon † Apostolic Administrator of Santa Isabel, Equatorial Guinea Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

20 Apr Born Paul Dempsey Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland

72.5 Resigned Vincenzo Maria Jacono † Titular Bishop of Patara Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy

21 Apr 45.9 Succeeded Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

59.0 Ordained Bishop Royappan Antony Muthu † Bishop of Vellore, India

45.2 Appointed Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo † Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil

Born Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México

72.3 Died Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad † Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador

22 Apr 84.6 Died Stanislas Courbe † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France

58.6 Ordained Bishop Francis James Harrison † Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA

39.4 Ordained Bishop Miguel Gatan Purugganan † Titular Bishop of Egnatia Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines

23 Apr 81.4 Died Saturnino Rubio y Montiél † Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain

24 Apr 55.5 Appointed Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. † Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

55.5 Appointed Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru

61.9 Appointed Francis Ekka † Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India Bishop of Raigarh, India

50.2 Appointed Felixberto Camacho Flores † Bishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)

59.5 Resigned Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. † Titular Bishop of Chunavia Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya

37.3 Appointed Raphaël Lubaki Nganga † Coadjutor Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop

37.3 Appointed Raphaël Lubaki Nganga † Titular Bishop of Cenculiana Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

44.1 Appointed Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng † Auxiliary Bishop of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

44.1 Appointed Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng † Titular Bishop of Trofimiana Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines

79.9 Died Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. † Prefect Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia

40.9 Appointed James Anthony Toppo † Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India

33.8 Appointed Joseph Edra Ukpo † Auxiliary Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

33.8 Appointed Joseph Edra Ukpo † Titular Bishop of Chullu Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria

26.6 Ordained Priest Joseph Võ Ðức Minh Priest of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam Bishop Emeritus of Nha Trang, Viet Nam

25 Apr 41.3 Ordained Bishop Raymond Mwanyika † Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania Bishop Emeritus

26 Apr 71.2 Resigned Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. † Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

64.7 Appointed Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. † Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil Prelate Emeritus

64.7 Appointed Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. † Titular Bishop of Cissa Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil

75.8 Retired Francis Peter Leipzig † Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.0 Died Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral † Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador

49.5 Appointed Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. † Bishop of Itabira, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil

27 Apr 52.5 Appointed John Joseph Fitzpatrick † Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Vincent Madeley Harris † Coadjutor Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.5 Appointed Vincent Madeley Harris † Titular Bishop of Rotaria Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA

40.2 Ordained Bishop Rafael Montiano Lim † Bishop of Laoag, Philippines Bishop of Boac, Philippines

78.3 Resigned Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. † Titular Bishop of Valliposita Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India

28 Apr 50.1 Ordained Bishop Packiam Arokiaswamy † Bishop of Ootacamund, India Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India

64.9 Resigned Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. † Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

55.5 Appointed John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

29 Apr 43.1 Appointed Érico Ferrari † Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

30 Apr 92.3 Died Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña † Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile

47.2 Resigned Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy † Archbishop of Bangalore, India Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches

39.4 Appointed Sergio Obeso Rivera † Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México

59.5 Appointed Miguel Peinado Peinado † Bishop of Jaén, Spain Bishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	65.7	Died	Luigi Barbero †	Bishop of Vigevano, Italy
3 Apr	26.2	Ordained Priest	Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
26.3	Ordained Priest	Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción, Paraguay
4 Apr	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Cornelius Elanjikal †	Bishop of Vijayapuram, India	Archbishop Emeritus of Verapoly, India
53.2	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kelanthara †	Archbishop of Verapoly, India
5 Apr	45.1	Appointed	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. †	Coadjutor Bishop of San Luis, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Juan Rodolfo Laise, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Iomnium	Bishop Emeritus of San Luis, Argentina
24.9	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Piemontese, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy
	Born	Vinsensius Setiawan Triatmojo		Bishop of Tanjungkarang, Indonesia
6 Apr	61.3	Resigned	Lawrence Pullen Hardman, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Bishop Emeritus of Zomba, Malawi
9 Apr	65.7	Died	Biagio Musto †	Bishop of Aquino, Sora, e Pontecorvo, Italy
14 Apr		Born	Isaac Bundepuun Dugu		Bishop of Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
15 Apr	66.4	Resigned	Nicolas Kinsch, S.C.I. †	Titular Archbishop of Zucchabar	Archbishop Emeritus of Kisangani, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
30.1	Ordained Priest	Roger Paul Morin †	Priest of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
17 Apr	75.2	Retired	Ildefonso (Matteo Renato) Rea, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montecassino, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
57.1	Appointed	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
57.1	Appointed	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Ferentium	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
18 Apr	51.8	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Cavalla †	Bishop of Casale Monferrato, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
24.1	Ordained Priest	Ferenc (Franz) Cserháti †	Priest of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino, Nagyvárad} and Satu Mare {Szatmár}, Romania	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
49.9	Ordained Bishop	Tomislav Jablanović †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Dacia	Auxiliary Bishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
49.6	Ordained Bishop	Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. †	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar	Cardinal, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar
43.3	Ordained Bishop	Benedict Ganesh Singh †	Titular Bishop of Arsennaria	Bishop Emeritus of Georgetown, Guyana, Antilles
75.1	Died	Pablo Tobar Gonzáles, C.M. †	Bishop of Cuttack, India
19 Apr	63.3	Appointed	Vicente Bernikon †	Apostolic Administrator of Santa Isabel, Equatorial Guinea	Bishop of Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
20 Apr		Born	Paul Dempsey		Auxiliary Bishop of Dublin, Ireland
72.5	Resigned	Vincenzo Maria Jacono †	Titular Bishop of Patara	Bishop Emeritus of Nicastro, Italy
21 Apr	45.9	Succeeded	Ernesto Alvarez Alvarez, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
59.0	Ordained Bishop	Royappan Antony Muthu †	Bishop of Vellore, India
45.2	Appointed	Joaquim Rufino do Rêgo †	Bishop of Quixadá, Ceara, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Parnaíba, Piaui, Brazil
	Born	Guadalupe Antonio Ruíz Urquín		Prelate of Huautla, Oaxaca, México
72.3	Died	Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad †	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador
22 Apr	84.6	Died	Stanislas Courbe †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Paris, France
58.6	Ordained Bishop	Francis James Harrison †	Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia	Bishop Emeritus of Syracuse, New York, USA
39.4	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Gatan Purugganan †	Titular Bishop of Egnatia	Bishop Emeritus of Ilagan, Philippines
23 Apr	81.4	Died	Saturnino Rubio y Montiél †	Bishop Emeritus of Osma-Soria, Spain
24 Apr	55.5	Appointed	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Minus	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
55.5	Appointed	Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, Peru	Bishop Emeritus of Chachapoyas, Peru
61.9	Appointed	Francis Ekka †	Bishop of Raigarh-Ambikapur, India	Bishop of Raigarh, India
50.2	Appointed	Felixberto Camacho Flores †	Bishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop of Agaña, Guam, Pacific (Oceania)
59.5	Resigned	Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. †	Titular Bishop of Chunavia	Bishop Emeritus of Eldoret, Kenya
37.3	Appointed	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Coadjutor Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop
37.3	Appointed	Raphaël Lubaki Nganga †	Titular Bishop of Cenculiana	Bishop of Matadi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
44.1	Appointed	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
44.1	Appointed	Emiliano Kulhi Madangeng †	Titular Bishop of Trofimiana	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Mountain Provinces (Montagnosa), Philippines
79.9	Died	Bernardo Merizalde Morales, O.A.R. †	Prefect Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
40.9	Appointed	James Anthony Toppo †	Bishop of Jalpaiguri, India
33.8	Appointed	Joseph Edra Ukpo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ogoja, Nigeria	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
33.8	Appointed	Joseph Edra Ukpo †	Titular Bishop of Chullu	Archbishop Emeritus of Calabar, Nigeria
26.6	Ordained Priest	Joseph Võ Ðức Minh	Priest of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam	Bishop Emeritus of Nha Trang, Viet Nam
25 Apr	41.3	Ordained Bishop	Raymond Mwanyika †	Bishop of Njombe, Tanzania	Bishop Emeritus
26 Apr	71.2	Resigned	Clemente Geiger, C.Pp.S. †	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
64.7	Appointed	Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. †	Prelate of Xingu, Para, Brazil	Prelate Emeritus
64.7	Appointed	Eurico Kräutler, C.Pp.S. †	Titular Bishop of Cissa	Prelate Emeritus of Xingu, Para, Brazil
75.8	Retired	Francis Peter Leipzig †	Bishop of Baker, Oregon, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.0	Died	Cesar Antonio Mosquera Corral †	Archbishop Emeritus of Guayaquil, Ecuador
49.5	Appointed	Mário Teixeira Gurgel, S.D.S. †	Bishop of Itabira, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itabira-Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil
27 Apr	52.5	Appointed	John Joseph Fitzpatrick †	Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Vincent Madeley Harris †	Coadjutor Bishop of Austin, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.5	Appointed	Vincent Madeley Harris †	Titular Bishop of Rotaria	Bishop Emeritus of Austin, Texas, USA
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Rafael Montiano Lim †	Bishop of Laoag, Philippines	Bishop of Boac, Philippines
78.3	Resigned	Louis La Ravoire Morrow, S.D.B. †	Titular Bishop of Valliposita	Bishop Emeritus of Krishnagar, India
28 Apr	50.1	Ordained Bishop	Packiam Arokiaswamy †	Bishop of Ootacamund, India	Bishop Emeritus of Tanjore, India
64.9	Resigned	Hendrick Joseph Cornelius Maria de Cocq, SS.CC. †	Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
55.5	Appointed	John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	43.1	Appointed	Érico Ferrari †	Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
30 Apr	92.3	Died	Pio Alberto Fariña Fariña †	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Chile
47.2	Resigned	Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy †	Archbishop of Bangalore, India	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
39.4	Appointed	Sergio Obeso Rivera †	Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Jalapa (Xalapa), Veracruz, México
59.5	Appointed	Miguel Peinado Peinado †	Bishop of Jaén, Spain	Bishop Emeritus

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