The Year of Our Lord 1994

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 85.4 Died Patrick Winters, S.A.C. † Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania

4 Apr 43.0 Ordained Bishop Hansjörg Vogel Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland

5 Apr 55.7 Appointed Joseph Anthony Galante † Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA

91.7 Died Emilio Pizzoni † Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy

53.4 Appointed Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

6 Apr 46.9 Appointed João Bráz de Aviz Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

46.9 Appointed João Bráz de Aviz Titular Bishop of Flenucleta Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

7 Apr 28.7 Ordained Priest Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai Priest of Mannar, Sri Lanka Bishop-Elect

45.5 Ordained Bishop Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S. Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy

42.0 Appointed Mario Antonio Cargnello Bishop of Orán, Argentina Archbishop of Salta, Argentina

75.2 Retired Fortunato Antonio Rossi † Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina Archbishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Oscar Félix Villena † Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina

8 Apr 48.1 Appointed György-Miklós Jakubínyi Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania Archbishop Emeritus

47.1 Ordained Bishop Juan María Leonardi Villasmil † Titular Bishop of Lesvi Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela

56.5 Ordained Bishop Alexander Sye Cheong-duk † Titular Bishop of Buffada Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

9 Apr 59.3 Appointed Marian Oleś † Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan Apostolic Nuncio

59.3 Appointed Marian Oleś † Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan Apostolic Nuncio

59.3 Appointed Marian Oleś † Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan Apostolic Nuncio

26.7 Ordained Priest William Albert Wack, C.S.C. Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA

10 Apr 49.4 Ordained Bishop Francisco Cases Andreu Titular Bishop of Timici Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain

50.4 Ordained Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Bencenna Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia

41.2 Ordained Bishop Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão Titular Bishop of Vanariona Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India

11 Apr 74.2 Ordained Bishop Lu Zhiyuan † Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China

24.7 Ordained Priest Antony Valumkal Priest of Verapoly, India Auxiliary Bishop

12 Apr 79.9 Died József Cserháti † Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary

13 Apr 66.6 Installed William George Curlin † Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Bishop Emeritus

69.4 Installed John Aloysius O’Mara † Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

14 Apr 61.0 Ordained Bishop Edward Peter Cullen † Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

16 Apr 29.7 Ordained Priest Celso Ba Shwe Priest of Loikaw, Myanmar Bishop

63.6 Died Charles Aimé Halpin † Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

38.7 Appointed Piotr Jarecki Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

38.7 Appointed Piotr Jarecki Titular Bishop of Avissa Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

75.2 Retired Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez † Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela Bishop Emeritus

17 Apr 25.6 Ordained Deacon Philippe Curbelié Deacon of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

42.8 Ordained Bishop Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay

57.9 Installed Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. † Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

18 Apr 25.9 Ordained Priest Abel Cahiles Apigo Priest of Davao, Philippines Bishop of Mati, Philippines

43.4 Appointed László Bíró Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military

43.4 Appointed László Bíró Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military

60.7 Appointed José Dimas Cedeño Delgado Archbishop of Panamá Archbishop Emeritus

41.8 Appointed Gáspár Ladocsi Bishop of Hungary, Military Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

41.8 Appointed Gáspár Ladocsi Titular Bishop of Sebarga Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

75.4 Retired Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. † Coadjutor Bishop of David, Panama Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus

30.7 Ordained Priest Augustine Madathikunnel Priest of Khandwa, India Bishop

70.1 Retired Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. † Archbishop of Panamá Archbishop Emeritus

19 Apr 60.2 Appointed Alexander Joseph Brunett † Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA

58.1 Appointed Thomas George Doran † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

76.3 Retired Arthur Joseph O’Neill † Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA Bishop Emeritus

20 Apr 61.8 Appointed Javier Echevarría Rodríguez † Prelate of Opus Dei

96.8 Died Bertrand Lacaste † Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria

21 Apr 27.0 Ordained Priest Robert Mark Pipta Priest of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA

61.0 Appointed Juan Sandoval Íñiguez Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

23 Apr 58.7 Appointed Fortunato Baldelli † Apostolic Nuncio to Peru Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary

28.5 Ordained Priest José Cobo Cano Priest of Madrid, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop

26.1 Ordained Priest Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela Bishop-Elect of San Felipe, Venezuela

44.4 Ordained Bishop Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela

29.5 Ordained Priest Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Bishop of Sendai, Japan

38.8 Ordained Bishop Piotr Jarecki Titular Bishop of Avissa Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland

30.3 Ordained Priest Binay Kandulna Priest of Khunti, India Bishop

26.2 Ordained Deacon James Thomas Ruggieri Deacon of Providence, Rhode Island, USA Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA

66.4 Appointed Armando Trindade † Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan

24 Apr 60.9 Installed Harry Joseph Flynn † Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Archbishop Emeritus

76.9 Died Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. † Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina

25.7 Ordained Priest Paul Ji Zengwei Priest Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China

26 Apr 75.1 Retired Patrick Vincent Ahern † Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

71.8 Died John Joseph Mulcahy † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

27 Apr 39.3 Appointed Fernando María Bargalló Auxiliary Bishop of Morón, Argentina Bishop Emeritus of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

39.3 Appointed Fernando María Bargalló Titular Bishop of Hirina Bishop Emeritus of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina

54.2 Appointed Octavio Villegas Aguilar Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México

29 Apr 27.4 Ordained Priest Louie Patalinghug Galbines Priest of Bacolod, Philippines Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines

31.4 Ordained Priest Daniel Patrick Yee Parcon Priest of San Carlos, Philippines Bishop of Talibon, Philippines

30 Apr 49.2 Ordained Bishop Philip Lasap Za Hawng Titular Bishop of Avioccala Bishop Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	85.4	Died	Patrick Winters, S.A.C. †	Bishop Emeritus of Mbulu, Tanzania
4 Apr	43.0	Ordained Bishop	Hansjörg Vogel	Bishop of Basel {Bâle, Basilea}, Switzerland
5 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Joseph Anthony Galante †	Bishop of Beaumont, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Camden, New Jersey, USA
91.7	Died	Emilio Pizzoni †	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
53.4	Appointed	Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F.	Bishop of Lubbock, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
6 Apr	46.9	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
46.9	Appointed	João Bráz de Aviz	Titular Bishop of Flenucleta	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
7 Apr	28.7	Ordained Priest	Gnanapragasam Anthonypillai	Priest of Mannar, Sri Lanka	Bishop-Elect
45.5	Ordained Bishop	Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, C.S.S.	Bishop of Locri-Gerace (-Santa Maria di Polsi), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
42.0	Appointed	Mario Antonio Cargnello	Bishop of Orán, Argentina	Archbishop of Salta, Argentina
75.2	Retired	Fortunato Antonio Rossi †	Archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina	Archbishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Oscar Félix Villena †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of San Rafael, Argentina
8 Apr	48.1	Appointed	György-Miklós Jakubínyi	Archbishop of Alba Iulia, Romania	Archbishop Emeritus
47.1	Ordained Bishop	Juan María Leonardi Villasmil †	Titular Bishop of Lesvi	Bishop of Punto Fijo, Venezuela
56.5	Ordained Bishop	Alexander Sye Cheong-duk †	Titular Bishop of Buffada	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)
9 Apr	59.3	Appointed	Marian Oleś †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kazakhstan	Apostolic Nuncio
59.3	Appointed	Marian Oleś †	Apostolic Nuncio to Kyrgyzstan	Apostolic Nuncio
59.3	Appointed	Marian Oleś †	Apostolic Nuncio to Uzbekistan	Apostolic Nuncio
26.7	Ordained Priest	William Albert Wack, C.S.C.	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross	Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, USA
10 Apr	49.4	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Cases Andreu	Titular Bishop of Timici	Bishop Emeritus of Islas Canarias {Canary Islands}, Spain
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Bencenna	Bishop Emeritus of Jayapura, Indonesia
41.2	Ordained Bishop	Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão	Titular Bishop of Vanariona	Cardinal, Archbishop of Goa e Damão, India
11 Apr	74.2	Ordained Bishop	Lu Zhiyuan †	Bishop of Shenyang [Mukden, Fengtien], China
24.7	Ordained Priest	Antony Valumkal	Priest of Verapoly, India	Auxiliary Bishop
12 Apr	79.9	Died	József Cserháti †	Bishop Emeritus of Pécs, Hungary
13 Apr	66.6	Installed	William George Curlin †	Bishop of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA	Bishop Emeritus
69.4	Installed	John Aloysius O’Mara †	Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
14 Apr	61.0	Ordained Bishop	Edward Peter Cullen †	Titular Bishop of Paria in Proconsolare	Bishop Emeritus of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
16 Apr	29.7	Ordained Priest	Celso Ba Shwe	Priest of Loikaw, Myanmar	Bishop
63.6	Died	Charles Aimé Halpin †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
38.7	Appointed	Piotr Jarecki	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
38.7	Appointed	Piotr Jarecki	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
75.2	Retired	Angel Adolfo Polachini Rodriguez †	Bishop of Guanare, Venezuela	Bishop Emeritus
17 Apr	25.6	Ordained Deacon	Philippe Curbelié	Deacon of Toulouse (-Narbonne-Saint Bertrand de Comminges-Rieux), France	Under Secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
42.8	Ordained Bishop	Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.	Bishop of San Pedro, Paraguay
57.9	Installed	Julian (Yuriy) Voronovsky, M.S.U. †	Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
18 Apr	25.9	Ordained Priest	Abel Cahiles Apigo	Priest of Davao, Philippines	Bishop of Mati, Philippines
43.4	Appointed	László Bíró	Auxiliary Bishop of Kalocsa-Kecskemét, Hungary	Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military
43.4	Appointed	László Bíró	Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae	Bishop Emeritus of Hungary, Military
60.7	Appointed	José Dimas Cedeño Delgado	Archbishop of Panamá	Archbishop Emeritus
41.8	Appointed	Gáspár Ladocsi	Bishop of Hungary, Military	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
41.8	Appointed	Gáspár Ladocsi	Titular Bishop of Sebarga	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
75.4	Retired	Carlos Ambrosio Lewis Tullock, S.V.D. †	Coadjutor Bishop of David, Panama	Coadjutor Bishop Emeritus
30.7	Ordained Priest	Augustine Madathikunnel	Priest of Khandwa, India	Bishop
70.1	Retired	Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. †	Archbishop of Panamá	Archbishop Emeritus
19 Apr	60.2	Appointed	Alexander Joseph Brunett †	Bishop of Helena, Montana, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Seattle, Washington, USA
58.1	Appointed	Thomas George Doran †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
76.3	Retired	Arthur Joseph O’Neill †	Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
20 Apr	61.8	Appointed	Javier Echevarría Rodríguez †	Prelate of Opus Dei
96.8	Died	Bertrand Lacaste †	Bishop Emeritus of Oran, Algeria
21 Apr	27.0	Ordained Priest	Robert Mark Pipta	Priest of Van Nuys (Ruthenian), California, USA	Bishop of Parma (Ruthenian), Ohio, USA
61.0	Appointed	Juan Sandoval Íñiguez	Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
23 Apr	58.7	Appointed	Fortunato Baldelli †	Apostolic Nuncio to Peru	Cardinal, Major Penitentiary Emeritus of the Apostolic Penitentiary
28.5	Ordained Priest	José Cobo Cano	Priest of Madrid, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop
26.1	Ordained Priest	Rubén Gregorio Delgado Carmona	Priest of Trujillo, Venezuela	Bishop-Elect of San Felipe, Venezuela
44.4	Ordained Bishop	Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez	Bishop of Cabimas, Venezuela	Bishop of Los Teques, Venezuela
29.5	Ordained Priest	Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M.	Priest of Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary	Bishop of Sendai, Japan
38.8	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Jarecki	Titular Bishop of Avissa	Auxiliary Bishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
30.3	Ordained Priest	Binay Kandulna	Priest of Khunti, India	Bishop
26.2	Ordained Deacon	James Thomas Ruggieri	Deacon of Providence, Rhode Island, USA	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
66.4	Appointed	Armando Trindade †	Archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan
24 Apr	60.9	Installed	Harry Joseph Flynn †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
76.9	Died	Jorge Gottau, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop Emeritus of Añatuya, Argentina
25.7	Ordained Priest	Paul Ji Zengwei	Priest	Bishop of Chengdu [Chengtu], China
26 Apr	75.1	Retired	Patrick Vincent Ahern †	Auxiliary Bishop of New York, New York, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
71.8	Died	John Joseph Mulcahy †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
27 Apr	39.3	Appointed	Fernando María Bargalló	Auxiliary Bishop of Morón, Argentina	Bishop Emeritus of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
39.3	Appointed	Fernando María Bargalló	Titular Bishop of Hirina	Bishop Emeritus of Merlo-Moreno, Argentina
54.2	Appointed	Octavio Villegas Aguilar	Bishop of Tula, Hidalgo, México	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Morelia, Michoacán, México
29 Apr	27.4	Ordained Priest	Louie Patalinghug Galbines	Priest of Bacolod, Philippines	Bishop of Kabankalan, Philippines
31.4	Ordained Priest	Daniel Patrick Yee Parcon	Priest of San Carlos, Philippines	Bishop of Talibon, Philippines
30 Apr	49.2	Ordained Bishop	Philip Lasap Za Hawng	Titular Bishop of Avioccala	Bishop Emeritus of Lashio, Myanmar

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