The Year of Our Lord 1977

Bishop Events

March to April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Mar 34.8 Incardinated Ronald Paul Herzog † Priest of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

2 Mar 59.1 Appointed Warren Louis Boudreaux † Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus

39.3 Incardinated Joseph Nunzio Latino † Priest of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA

4 Mar 42.2 Appointed Frederick D’Souza † Bishop of Jhansi, India Bishop Emeritus

33.7 Appointed Abraham Viruthakulangara † Bishop of Khandwa, India Archbishop of Nagpur, India

5 Mar 28.2 Ordained Priest Victor Selvino Arenhart † Priest of Posadas, Argentina Bishop of Oberá, Argentina

6 Mar 47.5 Ordained Bishop Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. † Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

78.3 Died José de Medeiros Leite † Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil

53.3 Succeeded Antônio Carlos Mesquita † Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil

53.5 Ordained Bishop Eugénio Salessu † Bishop of Malanje, Angola Bishop Emeritus

7 Mar 70.9 Resigned Gabriel Batta † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey Archbishop Emeritus

42.6 Appointed Paul Karatas † Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey

8 Mar 53.5 Appointed Joseph Lawson Howze † Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

41.2 Appointed Sincero Barcenilla Lucero † Bishop of Borongan, Philippines Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines

12 Mar 71.0 Resigned Giovanni Mocellini † Bishop of Adria, Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed Giovanni Maria Sartori † Bishop of Adria, Italy Archbishop of Trento, Italy

13 Mar 84.2 Died Thomas Lawrence Noa † Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA

14 Mar 25.2 Ordained Priest Andrews Thazhath Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India

16 Mar 45.4 Appointed Jesús Domínguez Gómez † Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

75.1 Retired Manuel Llopis Ivorra † Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain Bishop Emeritus

17 Mar 61.2 Died Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. † Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria

18 Mar 60.2 Installed João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. † Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

19 Mar 27.1 Ordained Priest Joaquim Justino Carreira † Priest of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

40.2 Ordained Bishop Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro, Argentina

23.0 Ordained Deacon Karlheinz Diez Deacon of Fulda, Germany Auxiliary Bishop

24.9 Ordained Priest Johannes Gorantla † Priest Bishop of Kurnool, India

25.7 Ordained Priest Jesse Eugenio Mercado Priest of Manila, Philippines Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines

25.7 Ordained Priest Rutilo Muñoz Zamora Priest of Veracruz, México Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México

72.1 Died Petru Plesca † Ordinary of Iaşi, Romania

Born Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell, Spain

20 Mar 56.1 Ordained Bishop Francis Roland Lambert, S.M. † Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus

52.5 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Locatelli † Bishop of Rimini, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy

67.0 Ceased Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. † Apostolic Administrator of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania) Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)

55.4 Ordained Bishop Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa † Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola

21 Mar 76.1 Died Giuseppe Amici † Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy

39.5 Appointed Denis George Browne † Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania) Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand

44.2 Appointed Nicholas Marcus Fernando † Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka Archbishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M. † Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

74.6 Retired Giuseppe Mancuso † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

73.3 Appointed Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. † Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy

61.4 Appointed John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)

61.4 Appointed John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. † Titular Bishop of Nigizubi Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)

64.9 Succeeded Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. † Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy Bishop Emeritus

22 Mar 50.2 Died Émile Biayenda † Cardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo

24 Mar Born Krzysztof Marcjanowicz Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments

49.9 Appointed Joseph Ratzinger † Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

25 Mar 52.6 Appointed Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. † Abbot of Subiaco, Italy Abbot Emeritus

53.2 Resigned Nestor Bihonda † Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

47.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong † Titular Bishop of Buffada Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)

55.2 Installed Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. † Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil Abbot Emeritus

40.9 Ordained Bishop Edgardo Gabriel Storni † Titular Bishop of Croae Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina

57.9 Ordained Bishop Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. † Titular Bishop of Izirzada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Darién, Panama

26 Mar 55.4 Ordained Bishop Adolfo Gerstner † Bishop of Concordia, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

25.1 Ordained Deacon Louis Frederick Kihneman Deacon of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA

27 Mar 45.7 Ordained Bishop Hubert Bucher † Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

28.3 Ordained Priest Gebhard Fürst Priest of Rottenburg, Germany Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

38.4 Ordained Bishop Howard James Hubbard † Bishop of Albany, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

57.7 Ordained Bishop Wenceslas Kalibushi † Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda Bishop Emeritus

27.7 Ordained Priest Cornelius Piong Priest of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Bishop of Keningau, Malaysia

49.1 Ordained Bishop Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. † Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar

28 Mar 46.9 Appointed Michael George Bowen † Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain Archbishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Philip James Benedict Harvey † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

62.0 Appointed Philip James Benedict Harvey † Titular Bishop of Bahanna Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

46.7 Appointed David Every Konstant † Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain

46.7 Appointed David Every Konstant † Titular Bishop of Betagbarar Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain

41.4 Appointed Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira Bishop of Montería, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia

31 Mar 48.5 Ordained Bishop Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. † Bishop of Jabalpur, India Bishop Emeritus

1 Apr 27.0 Ordained Priest Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I. Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines

55.5 Appointed Miguel Moncadas Noguera † Bishop of Solsona, Spain

2 Apr 32.0 Ordained Priest Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés † Priest of Santiago de Cuba Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba

62.4 Ordained Bishop Stepan Chmil, S.D.B. † Bishop

53.3 Ordained Bishop Ivan Choma † Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland Titular Bishop of Patara

44.1 Ordained Bishop Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. † Bishop Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

51.8 Installed Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean † Archbishop of Singapore Archbishop Emeritus

3 Apr 82.5 Died Pierre-Marie Théas † Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France

4 Apr 61.9 Resigned Florentino de Andrade e Silva † Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

55.6 Appointed Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. † Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Jean-Paul Labrie † Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

54.4 Appointed Jean-Paul Labrie † Titular Bishop of Urci Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

65.1 Appointed Louis-Albert Vachon † Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

65.1 Appointed Louis-Albert Vachon † Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada

5 Apr 51.6 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Titular Archbishop of Pandosia Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

51.6 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

51.6 Appointed Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo † Apostolic Delegate to Solomon Islands Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}

66.8 Appointed Gino Paro † Apostolic Delegate to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio

72.6 Died Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia

10 Apr 29.0 Ordained Priest Luigi Martella † Priest of Otranto, Italy Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy

24.6 Perpetual Vows Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. Member of Society of African Missions Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Ireland

12 Apr 81.8 Died Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)

13 Apr 49.2 Appointed Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † Prelate of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México

49.2 Appointed Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. † Titular Bishop of Crepedula Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México

42.3 Appointed Jesús María de Jesús Moya Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

42.3 Appointed Jesús María de Jesús Moya Titular Bishop of Maxita Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic

51.6 Appointed Patrick Leo McCartie † Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

51.6 Appointed Patrick Leo McCartie † Titular Bishop of Elmhama Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain

14 Apr 88.8 Died Vittorio De Zanche † Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy

67.0 Died Francisco Maria da Silva † Archbishop of Braga, Portugal

63.8 Succeeded Abramo Freschi † Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy Bishop Emeritus

47.1 Ordained Bishop Robert Edward Mulvee † Titular Bishop of Summa Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA

50.7 Appointed Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. † Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina

15 Apr 46.7 Appointed Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. † Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa

68.9 Resigned Alberto Deane, C.P. † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Bishop Emeritus

50.3 Appointed Michael Pak Jeong-il † Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)

56.5 Appointed Cándido Genaro Rubiolo † Bishop of Villa María, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina

16 Apr 25.6 Ordained Priest Giovanni Accolla Priest of Siracusa, Italy Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy

26.6 Ordained Priest Thomas D’Souza Priest of Darjeeling, India Archbishop of Calcutta, India

26.4 Ordained Priest Horst Eberlein Priest of Osnabrück, Germany Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany

40.0 Appointed Attilio Nicora † Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

40.0 Appointed Attilio Nicora † Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

25.2 Ordained Priest Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria Archbishop of Owerri, Nigeria

30.5 Ordained Priest James Matthew Wingle Priest of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada

17 Apr 28.8 Ordained Priest Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez Priest of Santiago de Chile Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile

50.2 Installed Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas † Bishop of Linares, Chile Bishop Emeritus

64.2 Died William John Conway † Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland

43.9 Ordained Bishop João Oneres Marchiori † Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil

49.0 Ordained Bishop José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty † Bishop of Lwena, Angola Bishop Emeritus

20 Apr 66.7 Appointed Edward John Harper, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA Bishop Emeritus

46.4 Ordained Bishop Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa † Bishop of Cuddapah, India Bishop Emeritus

22 Apr Born José Roberto dos Reis, C.P. Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil

61.5 Resigned Vittorio Ottaviani † Bishop of Marsi, Italy Bishop Emeritus

63.1 Appointed Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. † Bishop of Marsi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy

23 Apr 24.7 Ordained Priest Vito Angiuli Priest of Bari-Bitonto, Italy Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy

24 Apr 45.5 Ordained Bishop Jesús Domínguez Gómez † Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain

77.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Thiện Khuyến † Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam

40.6 Ordained Bishop George Punnakottil Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

51.7 Ordained Bishop Giovanni Maria Sartori † Bishop of Adria, Italy Archbishop of Trento, Italy

25 Apr 42.4 Appointed Fernando Robles Capalla † Prelate of Iligan, Philippines Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines

42.3 Ordained Bishop Frederick D’Souza † Bishop of Jhansi, India Bishop Emeritus

62.1 Ordained Bishop Philip James Benedict Harvey † Titular Bishop of Bahanna Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain

46.8 Ordained Bishop David Every Konstant † Titular Bishop of Betagbarar Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain

68.0 Ordained Bishop Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. † Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

46.0 Appointed Bienvenido Solon Tudtud † Prelate of Marawi, Philippines

26 Apr 75.2 Died Floyd Lawrence Begin † Bishop of Oakland, California, USA

49.3 Resigned Octavio Betancourt Arango † Bishop of Garzón, Colombia Bishop Emeritus

42.5 Appointed Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. † Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia

51.7 Appointed Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Garzón, Colombia Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia

58.8 Appointed Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros † Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia

20.6 Professed Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B. Member of Order of Saint Benedict Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)

48.0 Installed John Raphael Quinn † Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA Archbishop Emeritus

46.2 Appointed Joseph Willy Romélus Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti Bishop Emeritus

28 Apr 32.1 Perpetual Vows Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I. Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Kotido, Uganda

47.4 Appointed Tadeusz Rybak † Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland

47.4 Appointed Tadeusz Rybak † Titular Bishop of Benepota Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland

29 Apr 46.0 Ordained Bishop William Leonard D’Mello † Bishop of Karwar, India Bishop Emeritus

30 Apr 26.8 Ordained Priest William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

42.1 Ordained Bishop Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya † Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe

75.1 Retired Vincent-Marie Favé † Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

25.0 Ordained Deacon Robert Francis Hennessey Deacon of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Auxiliary Bishop

24.7 Ordained Priest Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. † Priest of Society of Mary Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand

54.4 Ordained Bishop Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. † Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India Bishop Emeritus

32.3 Ordained Priest Patras Minj, S.J. Priest of Society of Jesus Bishop Emeritus of Ambikapur, India

24.7 Ordained Deacon Thomas John Joseph Paprocki Deacon of Chicago, Illinois, USA Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA

26.4 Ordained Priest Lawrence Thomas Persico Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Mar	34.8	Incardinated	Ronald Paul Herzog †	Priest of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
2 Mar	59.1	Appointed	Warren Louis Boudreaux †	Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus
39.3	Incardinated	Joseph Nunzio Latino †	Priest of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Jackson, Mississippi, USA
4 Mar	42.2	Appointed	Frederick D’Souza †	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
33.7	Appointed	Abraham Viruthakulangara †	Bishop of Khandwa, India	Archbishop of Nagpur, India
5 Mar	28.2	Ordained Priest	Victor Selvino Arenhart †	Priest of Posadas, Argentina	Bishop of Oberá, Argentina
6 Mar	47.5	Ordained Bishop	Walter Michael Ebejer, O.P. †	Bishop of União da Vitória, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
78.3	Died	José de Medeiros Leite †	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.3	Succeeded	Antônio Carlos Mesquita †	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil
53.5	Ordained Bishop	Eugénio Salessu †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
7 Mar	70.9	Resigned	Gabriel Batta †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey	Archbishop Emeritus
42.6	Appointed	Paul Karatas †	Archbishop of Diarbekir (Amida) (Chaldean), Turkey
8 Mar	53.5	Appointed	Joseph Lawson Howze †	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
41.2	Appointed	Sincero Barcenilla Lucero †	Bishop of Borongan, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Calbayog, Philippines
12 Mar	71.0	Resigned	Giovanni Mocellini †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	Giovanni Maria Sartori †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
13 Mar	84.2	Died	Thomas Lawrence Noa †	Bishop Emeritus of Marquette, Michigan, USA
14 Mar	25.2	Ordained Priest	Andrews Thazhath	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India
16 Mar	45.4	Appointed	Jesús Domínguez Gómez †	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
75.1	Retired	Manuel Llopis Ivorra †	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
17 Mar	61.2	Died	Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. †	Bishop of Enugu, Nigeria
18 Mar	60.2	Installed	João Batista Przyklenk, M.S.F. †	Bishop of Januária, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
19 Mar	27.1	Ordained Priest	Joaquim Justino Carreira †	Priest of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
40.2	Ordained Bishop	Alcides Jorge Pedro Casaretto	Bishop of Rafaela, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Isidro, Argentina
23.0	Ordained Deacon	Karlheinz Diez	Deacon of Fulda, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop
24.9	Ordained Priest	Johannes Gorantla †	Priest	Bishop of Kurnool, India
25.7	Ordained Priest	Jesse Eugenio Mercado	Priest of Manila, Philippines	Bishop of Parañaque, Philippines
25.7	Ordained Priest	Rutilo Muñoz Zamora	Priest of Veracruz, México	Bishop of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México
72.1	Died	Petru Plesca †	Ordinary of Iaşi, Romania
	Born	Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat		Coadjutor Bishop of Urgell, Spain
20 Mar	56.1	Ordained Bishop	Francis Roland Lambert, S.M. †	Bishop of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus
52.5	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Locatelli †	Bishop of Rimini, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Vigevano, Italy
67.0	Ceased	Pierre-Paul-Émile Martin, S.M. †	Apostolic Administrator of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Pacific (Oceania)	Archbishop Emeritus of Nouméa, New Caledonia, Pacific (Oceania)
55.4	Ordained Bishop	Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa †	Bishop of Henrique de Carvalho, Angola	Bishop Emeritus of Saurimo, Angola
21 Mar	76.1	Died	Giuseppe Amici †	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy
39.5	Appointed	Denis George Browne †	Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton in New Zealand
44.2	Appointed	Nicholas Marcus Fernando †	Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka	Archbishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	Settimio Arturo Ferrazzetta, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
74.6	Retired	Giuseppe Mancuso †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
73.3	Appointed	Martino (Vittorio) Matronola, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia	Abbot Emeritus of Montecassino, Italy
61.4	Appointed	John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
61.4	Appointed	John Hubert Macey Rodgers, S.M. †	Titular Bishop of Nigizubi	Bishop Emeritus of Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific (Oceania)
64.9	Succeeded	Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Mazara del Vallo, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
22 Mar	50.2	Died	Émile Biayenda †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Brazzaville, Congo
24 Mar		Born	Krzysztof Marcjanowicz		Under Secretary of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
49.9	Appointed	Joseph Ratzinger †	Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany	Pope Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
25 Mar	52.6	Appointed	Benito Stanislao Andreotti, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Subiaco, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
53.2	Resigned	Nestor Bihonda †	Bishop of Muyinga, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
47.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon {Taejon}, Korea (South)
55.2	Installed	Carmelo Domênico Recchia, O. Cist. †	Abbot of Claraval, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Abbot Emeritus
40.9	Ordained Bishop	Edgardo Gabriel Storni †	Titular Bishop of Croae	Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina
57.9	Ordained Bishop	Marcos Zuluaga Arteche, C.M.F. †	Titular Bishop of Izirzada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Darién, Panama
26 Mar	55.4	Ordained Bishop	Adolfo Gerstner †	Bishop of Concordia, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
25.1	Ordained Deacon	Louis Frederick Kihneman	Deacon of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
27 Mar	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Hubert Bucher †	Bishop of Bethlehem, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
28.3	Ordained Priest	Gebhard Fürst	Priest of Rottenburg, Germany	Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
38.4	Ordained Bishop	Howard James Hubbard †	Bishop of Albany, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
57.7	Ordained Bishop	Wenceslas Kalibushi †	Bishop of Nyundo, Rwanda	Bishop Emeritus
27.7	Ordained Priest	Cornelius Piong	Priest of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Bishop of Keningau, Malaysia
49.1	Ordained Bishop	Charles-Remy Rakotonirina, S.J. †	Bishop of Farafangana, Madagascar
28 Mar	46.9	Appointed	Michael George Bowen †	Archbishop of Southwark, England, Great Britain	Archbishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Philip James Benedict Harvey †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
62.0	Appointed	Philip James Benedict Harvey †	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
46.7	Appointed	David Every Konstant †	Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
46.7	Appointed	David Every Konstant †	Titular Bishop of Betagbarar	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
41.4	Appointed	Carlos José Ruiseco Vieira	Bishop of Montería, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia
31 Mar	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Théophane Matthew Thannickunnel, O. Praem. †	Bishop of Jabalpur, India	Bishop Emeritus
1 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Angelito Rendon Lampon, O.M.I.	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines
55.5	Appointed	Miguel Moncadas Noguera †	Bishop of Solsona, Spain
2 Apr	32.0	Ordained Priest	Carlos Jesús Patricio Baladrón Valdés †	Priest of Santiago de Cuba	Bishop Emeritus of Guantánamo-Baracoa, Cuba
62.4	Ordained Bishop	Stepan Chmil, S.D.B. †	Bishop
53.3	Ordained Bishop	Ivan Choma †	Bishop of Przemyśl, Sambor, et Sanok (Ukrainian), Poland	Titular Bishop of Patara
44.1	Ordained Bishop	Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. †	Bishop	Cardinal, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
51.8	Installed	Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean †	Archbishop of Singapore	Archbishop Emeritus
3 Apr	82.5	Died	Pierre-Marie Théas †	Bishop Emeritus of Tarbes et Lourdes, France
4 Apr	61.9	Resigned	Florentino de Andrade e Silva †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
55.6	Appointed	Ernesto Gonçalves da Costa, O.F.M. †	Bishop of Faro {Algarve}, Portugal	Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Jean-Paul Labrie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
54.4	Appointed	Jean-Paul Labrie †	Titular Bishop of Urci	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
65.1	Appointed	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
65.1	Appointed	Louis-Albert Vachon †	Titular Bishop of Mesarfelta	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Québec, Canada
5 Apr	51.6	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Titular Archbishop of Pandosia	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
51.6	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
51.6	Appointed	Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo †	Apostolic Delegate to Solomon Islands	Cardinal, Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
66.8	Appointed	Gino Paro †	Apostolic Delegate to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio
72.6	Died	Vicente Roig y Villalba, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Valledupar, Colombia
10 Apr	29.0	Ordained Priest	Luigi Martella †	Priest of Otranto, Italy	Bishop of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi, Italy
24.6	Perpetual Vows	Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A.	Member of Society of African Missions	Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Ireland
12 Apr	81.8	Died	Vincent Ignatius Kennally, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caroline and Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Pacific (Oceania)
13 Apr	49.2	Appointed	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	Prelate of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México	Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
49.2	Appointed	Hilario Chávez Joya, M.N.M. †	Titular Bishop of Crepedula	Bishop Emeritus of Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México
42.3	Appointed	Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
42.3	Appointed	Jesús María de Jesús Moya	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Bishop Emeritus of San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
51.6	Appointed	Patrick Leo McCartie †	Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, England, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
51.6	Appointed	Patrick Leo McCartie †	Titular Bishop of Elmhama	Bishop Emeritus of Northampton, England, Great Britain
14 Apr	88.8	Died	Vittorio De Zanche †	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy
67.0	Died	Francisco Maria da Silva †	Archbishop of Braga, Portugal
63.8	Succeeded	Abramo Freschi †	Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Robert Edward Mulvee †	Titular Bishop of Summa	Bishop Emeritus of Providence, Rhode Island, USA
50.7	Appointed	Bernardo Enrique Witte, O.M.I. †	Bishop of La Rioja, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Concepción, Argentina
15 Apr	46.7	Appointed	Johannes Ludgerus Bonaventure Brenninkmeijer, O.P. †	Bishop of Kroonstad, South Africa
68.9	Resigned	Alberto Deane, C.P. †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
50.3	Appointed	Michael Pak Jeong-il †	Bishop of Cheju, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus of Masan, Korea (South)
56.5	Appointed	Cándido Genaro Rubiolo †	Bishop of Villa María, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus of Mendoza, Argentina
16 Apr	25.6	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Accolla	Priest of Siracusa, Italy	Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela, Italy
26.6	Ordained Priest	Thomas D’Souza	Priest of Darjeeling, India	Archbishop of Calcutta, India
26.4	Ordained Priest	Horst Eberlein	Priest of Osnabrück, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamburg, Germany
40.0	Appointed	Attilio Nicora †	Auxiliary Bishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
40.0	Appointed	Attilio Nicora †	Titular Bishop of Furnos Minor	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
25.2	Ordained Priest	Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji	Priest of Umuahia, Nigeria	Archbishop of Owerri, Nigeria
30.5	Ordained Priest	James Matthew Wingle	Priest of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
17 Apr	28.8	Ordained Priest	Pedro Felipe Bacarreza Rodríguez	Priest of Santiago de Chile	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Maria de Los Ángeles, Chile
50.2	Installed	Carlos Marcio Camus Larenas †	Bishop of Linares, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
64.2	Died	William John Conway †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
43.9	Ordained Bishop	João Oneres Marchiori †	Bishop of Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
49.0	Ordained Bishop	José Próspero da Ascensão Puaty †	Bishop of Lwena, Angola	Bishop Emeritus
20 Apr	66.7	Appointed	Edward John Harper, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, USA	Bishop Emeritus
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Abraham Aruliah Somavarapa †	Bishop of Cuddapah, India	Bishop Emeritus
22 Apr		Born	José Roberto dos Reis, C.P.		Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
61.5	Resigned	Vittorio Ottaviani †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
63.1	Appointed	Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Avezzano, Italy
23 Apr	24.7	Ordained Priest	Vito Angiuli	Priest of Bari-Bitonto, Italy	Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
24 Apr	45.5	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Domínguez Gómez †	Bishop of Coria-Cáceres, Spain
77.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Nguyễn Thiện Khuyến †	Coadjutor Bishop of Phát Diệm, Viet Nam
40.6	Ordained Bishop	George Punnakottil	Bishop of Kothamangalam (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Giovanni Maria Sartori †	Bishop of Adria, Italy	Archbishop of Trento, Italy
25 Apr	42.4	Appointed	Fernando Robles Capalla †	Prelate of Iligan, Philippines	Archbishop Emeritus of Davao, Philippines
42.3	Ordained Bishop	Frederick D’Souza †	Bishop of Jhansi, India	Bishop Emeritus
62.1	Ordained Bishop	Philip James Benedict Harvey †	Titular Bishop of Bahanna	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Westminster, England, Great Britain
46.8	Ordained Bishop	David Every Konstant †	Titular Bishop of Betagbarar	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
68.0	Ordained Bishop	Clement Thottungal, C.M.I. †	Bishop of Sagar (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
46.0	Appointed	Bienvenido Solon Tudtud †	Prelate of Marawi, Philippines
26 Apr	75.2	Died	Floyd Lawrence Begin †	Bishop of Oakland, California, USA
49.3	Resigned	Octavio Betancourt Arango †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus
42.5	Appointed	Alberto Giraldo Jaramillo, P.S.S. †	Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia	Archbishop Emeritus of Medellín, Colombia
51.7	Appointed	Ramón Mantilla Duarte, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Garzón, Colombia	Bishop Emeritus of Ipiales, Colombia
58.8	Appointed	Juan Eliseo Mojica Oliveros †	Bishop of Garagoa, Colombia
20.6	Professed	Manuel Nin Güell, O.S.B.	Member of Order of Saint Benedict	Apostolic Exarch of Greece (Greek)
48.0	Installed	John Raphael Quinn †	Archbishop of San Francisco, California, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
46.2	Appointed	Joseph Willy Romélus	Bishop of Jérémie, Haïti	Bishop Emeritus
28 Apr	32.1	Perpetual Vows	Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I.	Member of Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Kotido, Uganda
47.4	Appointed	Tadeusz Rybak †	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław {Breslavia}, Poland	Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
47.4	Appointed	Tadeusz Rybak †	Titular Bishop of Benepota	Bishop Emeritus of Legnica, Poland
29 Apr	46.0	Ordained Bishop	William Leonard D’Mello †	Bishop of Karwar, India	Bishop Emeritus
30 Apr	26.8	Ordained Priest	William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Bishop Emeritus of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
42.1	Ordained Bishop	Tobias Wunganayi Chiginya †	Bishop of Gwelo, Zimbabwe	Bishop of Gweru, Zimbabwe
75.1	Retired	Vincent-Marie Favé †	Auxiliary Bishop of Quimper [Cornouailles](-Léon), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
25.0	Ordained Deacon	Robert Francis Hennessey	Deacon of Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
24.7	Ordained Priest	Max Takuira Matthew Mariu, S.M. †	Priest of Society of Mary	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton in New Zealand
54.4	Ordained Bishop	Abraham D. Mattam, C.V. †	Bishop of Satna (Syro-Malabar), India	Bishop Emeritus
32.3	Ordained Priest	Patras Minj, S.J.	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop Emeritus of Ambikapur, India
24.7	Ordained Deacon	Thomas John Joseph Paprocki	Deacon of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Bishop of Springfield in Illinois, USA
26.4	Ordained Priest	Lawrence Thomas Persico	Priest of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA

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