The Year of Our Lord 2009

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

1 Apr 87.0 Died Umberto Betti, O.F.M. † Cardinal, Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University

45.9 Appointed Henrique Soares da Costa † Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

45.9 Appointed Henrique Soares da Costa † Titular Bishop of Acufida Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil

75.0 Retired Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. † Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

2 Apr 53.8 Succeeded John Barwa, S.V.D. Bishop of Rourkela, India Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India

75.8 Retired Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. † Bishop of Rourkela, India Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Installed Edward James Burns Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA

58.8 Installed José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México

97.6 Died Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. † Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

3 Apr 59.8 Ordained Bishop Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India Bishop Emeritus

76.6 Retired Cormac Murphy-O’Connor † Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Vincent Gerard Nichols Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

4 Apr 63.4 Appointed Thomas Dabre Bishop of Poona, India Bishop Emeritus

75.5 Retired Valerian D’Souza † Bishop of Poona, India Bishop Emeritus

56.3 Installed Andrzej Dzięga Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland Archbishop Emeritus

53.4 Appointed Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.N. Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria Bishop of Bomadi, Nigeria

69.0 Resigned Joseph Oforishe Egerega † Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

49.3 Appointed Silvio Siripong Charatsri Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand

77.3 Retired Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand Bishop Emeritus

52.2 Appointed James Maria Wainaina Kungu Bishop of Muranga, Kenya

58.3 Appointed Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R. Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia

6 Apr 63.4 Appointed Paul Joseph Bradley Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired James Albert Murray † Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

7 Apr 55.7 Appointed Sebastian Kallupura Bishop of Buxar, India Archbishop of Patna, India

51.6 Appointed Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Cardinal, Archbishop

51.6 Appointed Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X. Titular Bishop of Hilta Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada

65.0 Appointed Paul Lortie Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

65.0 Appointed Paul Lortie Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada

38.9 Ordained Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

8 Apr 46.0 Appointed Stephan Ackermann Bishop of Trier, Germany

9 Apr 50.9 Appointed Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua

50.9 Appointed Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D. Titular Bishop of Zica Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua

12 Apr 72.5 Died Ephraim Silas Obot † Bishop of Idah, Nigeria

15 Apr 59.1 Installed Timothy Michael Dolan Archbishop of New York, New York, USA Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

52.5 Appointed José Daniel Falla Robles † Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia Bishop of Soacha, Colombia

52.5 Appointed José Daniel Falla Robles † Titular Bishop of Calama Bishop of Soacha, Colombia

66.7 Appointed Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M. Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

57.3 Appointed Michael Joseph McKenna Bishop of Bathurst, Australia

67.6 Appointed Gregory O’Kelly, S.J. Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia Bishop Emeritus

69.7 Succeeded John Tong Hon Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

77.2 Retired Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus

16 Apr 67.5 Appointed Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio Archbishop of Lecce, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

52.7 Appointed Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U. Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

52.7 Appointed Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U. Titular Bishop of Drusiliana Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine

92.3 Died Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France

65.2 Appointed Braulio Rodríguez Plaza Archbishop of Toledo, Spain Archbishop Emeritus

76.8 Retired Cosmo Francesco Ruppi † Archbishop of Lecce, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

18 Apr 49.1 Appointed Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R. Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia Archbishop Emeritus

37.2 Ordained Priest Luis Eduardo González Cedrés Priest of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay

36.8 Ordained Deacon Antuan Ilgit, S.J. Deacon of Society of Jesus Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey

43.0 Ordained Priest Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov Priest of Nicopoli, Bulgaria Bishop Emeritus

76.2 Retired Javier Lozano Barragán † President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers Cardinal, President Emeritus

75.2 Retired Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. † Bishop of Tete, Mozambique Bishop Emeritus

55.1 Ordained Bishop Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

63.9 Installed Carlos Osoro Sierra Archbishop of Valencia, Spain Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain

73.2 Appointed Beda (Umberto) Paluzzi, O.S.B. † Abbot of Montevergine, Italy Abbot Emeritus

47.9 Ordained Bishop José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Maturba Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini

75.5 Retired Ján Sokol Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia Archbishop Emeritus

56.1 Installed José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B. Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

60.0 Appointed Zygmunt Zimowski † President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

60.0 Appointed Zygmunt Zimowski † Archbishop (Personal Title) President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers

19 Apr 44.7 Ordained Bishop Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán Titular Bishop of Pinhel Bishop Emeritus of Peru, Military

56.2 Ordained Bishop José Moreira Bastos Neto † Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

41.5 Ordained Bishop Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe Titular Bishop of Aveia Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru

54.8 Ordained Bishop Matthias Heinrich Titular Bishop of Thibaris Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany

77.2 Installed José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F. Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints

46.9 Ordained Bishop Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin Bishop of Villarrica, Chile

58.8 Installed Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

20 Apr 53.5 Appointed Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador

50.5 Elected Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà, O.C.D. Superior General of Order of Discalced Carmelites Archbishop of Pisa, Italy

75.1 Retired Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán † Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador Archbishop Emeritus

21 Apr 64.8 Appointed Robert James Carlson Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA Archbishop Emeritus

65.8 Appointed Robert Joseph Cunningham Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

68.1 Appointed Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka Coadjutor Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired James Michael Moynihan † Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA Bishop Emeritus

23 Apr 44.5 Ordained Bishop James Sean Wall Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA

25 Apr 49.1 Ordained Bishop Luigi Bianco Titular Archbishop of Falerone Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia

66.9 Appointed Pietro Farina † Bishop of Caserta, Italy

75.3 Retired Raffaele Nogaro † Bishop of Caserta, Italy Bishop Emeritus

61.7 Installed Juan Antonio Reig Pla Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain Bishop Emeritus

42.4 Ordained Bishop Valentine Tsamma Seane Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana Bishop Emeritus

51.4 Ordained Bishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M. Titular Bishop of Tinum Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan

48.6 Ordained Bishop Krzysztof Zadarko Titular Bishop of Cavaillon Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland

26 Apr 52.5 Ordained Bishop Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France Bishop of Metz, France

27 Apr 68.1 Installed Roger Paul Morin † Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA Bishop Emeritus

29 Apr 41.1 Appointed Stanislaus Tobias Magombo † Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

41.1 Appointed Stanislaus Tobias Magombo † Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi

30 Apr 34.3 Ordained Priest Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar Priest of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah and the Gulf (Syrian), Iraq

48.4 Ordained Bishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski Titular Archbishop of Sejny Apostolic Nuncio to Greece

85.6 Died David Picão † Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

75.0 Retired James Mwewa Spaita † Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 Apr	87.0	Died	Umberto Betti, O.F.M. †	Cardinal, Rector Emeritus of the Pontifical Lateran University
45.9	Appointed	Henrique Soares da Costa †	Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
45.9	Appointed	Henrique Soares da Costa †	Titular Bishop of Acufida	Bishop of Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil
75.0	Retired	Josephus Tethool, M.S.C. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Amboina, Indonesia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
2 Apr	53.8	Succeeded	John Barwa, S.V.D.	Bishop of Rourkela, India	Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India
75.8	Retired	Alphonse Bilung, S.V.D. †	Bishop of Rourkela, India	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Installed	Edward James Burns	Bishop of Juneau, Alaska, USA	Bishop of Dallas, Texas, USA
58.8	Installed	José Víctor Manuel Valentín Sánchez Espinosa	Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles, México
97.6	Died	Albert Sanschagrin, O.M.I. †	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
3 Apr	59.8	Ordained Bishop	Ignatius Loyola Ivan Mascarenhas	Bishop of Simla and Chandigarh, India	Bishop Emeritus
76.6	Retired	Cormac Murphy-O’Connor †	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Vincent Gerard Nichols	Archbishop of Westminster, England, Great Britain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
4 Apr	63.4	Appointed	Thomas Dabre	Bishop of Poona, India	Bishop Emeritus
75.5	Retired	Valerian D’Souza †	Bishop of Poona, India	Bishop Emeritus
56.3	Installed	Andrzej Dzięga	Archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień, Poland	Archbishop Emeritus
53.4	Appointed	Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo, M.S.P.N.	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria	Bishop of Bomadi, Nigeria
69.0	Resigned	Joseph Oforishe Egerega †	Vicar Apostolic of Bomadi, Nigeria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
49.3	Appointed	Silvio Siripong Charatsri	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand	Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
77.3	Retired	Lawrence Thienchai Samanchit	Bishop of Chanthaburi, Thailand	Bishop Emeritus
52.2	Appointed	James Maria Wainaina Kungu	Bishop of Muranga, Kenya
58.3	Appointed	Edmund Woga, C.Ss.R.	Bishop of Weetebula, Indonesia
6 Apr	63.4	Appointed	Paul Joseph Bradley	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	James Albert Murray †	Bishop of Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
7 Apr	55.7	Appointed	Sebastian Kallupura	Bishop of Buxar, India	Archbishop of Patna, India
51.6	Appointed	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Cardinal, Archbishop
51.6	Appointed	Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, I.S.P.X.	Titular Bishop of Hilta	Cardinal, Archbishop of Québec, Canada
65.0	Appointed	Paul Lortie	Auxiliary Bishop of Québec, Canada	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
65.0	Appointed	Paul Lortie	Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Jérôme - Mont-Laurier, Québec, Canada
38.9	Ordained Bishop	Sviatoslav Shevchuk	Titular Bishop of Castra Galbae	Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
8 Apr	46.0	Appointed	Stephan Ackermann	Bishop of Trier, Germany
9 Apr	50.9	Appointed	Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
50.9	Appointed	Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D.	Titular Bishop of Zica	Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Nicaragua
12 Apr	72.5	Died	Ephraim Silas Obot †	Bishop of Idah, Nigeria
15 Apr	59.1	Installed	Timothy Michael Dolan	Archbishop of New York, New York, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
52.5	Appointed	José Daniel Falla Robles †	Auxiliary Bishop of Cali, Colombia	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
52.5	Appointed	José Daniel Falla Robles †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Bishop of Soacha, Colombia
66.7	Appointed	Caetano Ferrari, O.F.M.	Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
57.3	Appointed	Michael Joseph McKenna	Bishop of Bathurst, Australia
67.6	Appointed	Gregory O’Kelly, S.J.	Bishop of Port Pirie, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
69.7	Succeeded	John Tong Hon	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
77.2	Retired	Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.	Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China	Cardinal, Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr	67.5	Appointed	Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
52.7	Appointed	Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
52.7	Appointed	Yosyf (Ivan) Milan, M.S.U.	Titular Bishop of Drusiliana	Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
92.3	Died	Michel Louis Marie Joseph Mondésert †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Grenoble, France
65.2	Appointed	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza	Archbishop of Toledo, Spain	Archbishop Emeritus
76.8	Retired	Cosmo Francesco Ruppi †	Archbishop of Lecce, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Apr	49.1	Appointed	Róbert Bezák, C.Ss.R.	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus
37.2	Ordained Priest	Luis Eduardo González Cedrés	Priest of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Uruguay	Bishop of Mercedes, Uruguay
36.8	Ordained Deacon	Antuan Ilgit, S.J.	Deacon of Society of Jesus	Apostolic Administrator of Anatolia, Turkey
43.0	Ordained Priest	Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov	Priest of Nicopoli, Bulgaria	Bishop Emeritus
76.2	Retired	Javier Lozano Barragán †	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers	Cardinal, President Emeritus
75.2	Retired	Paulo Mandlate, S.S.S. †	Bishop of Tete, Mozambique	Bishop Emeritus
55.1	Ordained Bishop	Tarcísio Nascentes dos Santos	Bishop of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
63.9	Installed	Carlos Osoro Sierra	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Madrid, Spain
73.2	Appointed	Beda (Umberto) Paluzzi, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Montevergine, Italy	Abbot Emeritus
47.9	Ordained Bishop	José Luís Gerardo Ponce de León, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Maturba	Bishop of Manzini, eSwatini
75.5	Retired	Ján Sokol	Archbishop of Trnava, Slovakia	Archbishop Emeritus
56.1	Installed	José Valmor César Teixeira, S.D.B.	Bishop of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil	Bishop of São José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
60.0	Appointed	Zygmunt Zimowski †	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
60.0	Appointed	Zygmunt Zimowski †	Archbishop (Personal Title)	President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
19 Apr	44.7	Ordained Bishop	Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán	Titular Bishop of Pinhel	Bishop Emeritus of Peru, Military
56.2	Ordained Bishop	José Moreira Bastos Neto †	Bishop of Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
41.5	Ordained Bishop	Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe	Titular Bishop of Aveia	Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Peru
54.8	Ordained Bishop	Matthias Heinrich	Titular Bishop of Thibaris	Auxiliary Bishop of Berlin, Germany
77.2	Installed	José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F.	Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
46.9	Ordained Bishop	Francisco Javier Stegmeier Schmidlin	Bishop of Villarrica, Chile
58.8	Installed	Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist.	Cardinal, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
20 Apr	53.5	Appointed	Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Cardinal, Archbishop of Guayaquil, Ecuador
50.5	Elected	Saverio Antonio Gennaro Cannistrà, O.C.D.	Superior General of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
75.1	Retired	Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán †	Archbishop of Cuenca, Ecuador	Archbishop Emeritus
21 Apr	64.8	Appointed	Robert James Carlson	Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
65.8	Appointed	Robert Joseph Cunningham	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
68.1	Appointed	Théophile Kaboy Ruboneka	Coadjutor Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	James Michael Moynihan †	Bishop of Syracuse, New York, USA	Bishop Emeritus
23 Apr	44.5	Ordained Bishop	James Sean Wall	Bishop of Gallup, New Mexico, USA
25 Apr	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Luigi Bianco	Titular Archbishop of Falerone	Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia
66.9	Appointed	Pietro Farina †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy
75.3	Retired	Raffaele Nogaro †	Bishop of Caserta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
61.7	Installed	Juan Antonio Reig Pla	Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Spain	Bishop Emeritus
42.4	Ordained Bishop	Valentine Tsamma Seane	Bishop of Gaborone, Botswana	Bishop Emeritus
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M.	Titular Bishop of Tinum	Vicar Apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan
48.6	Ordained Bishop	Krzysztof Zadarko	Titular Bishop of Cavaillon	Bishop of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland
26 Apr	52.5	Ordained Bishop	Philippe Gabriel Marie Augustin Ballot	Archbishop of Chambéry (-Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Tarentaise), France	Bishop of Metz, France
27 Apr	68.1	Installed	Roger Paul Morin †	Bishop of Biloxi, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus
29 Apr	41.1	Appointed	Stanislaus Tobias Magombo †	Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
41.1	Appointed	Stanislaus Tobias Magombo †	Titular Bishop of Caesarea in Mauretania	Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe, Malawi
30 Apr	34.3	Ordained Priest	Atanasius Firas Mundher Dardar	Priest of Beirut {Bairut} (Syrian), Lebanon	Patriarchal Exarch of Bassorah and the Gulf (Syrian), Iraq
48.4	Ordained Bishop	Jan Romeo Pawłowski	Titular Archbishop of Sejny	Apostolic Nuncio to Greece
85.6	Died	David Picão †	Bishop Emeritus of Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
75.0	Retired	James Mwewa Spaita †	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia	Archbishop Emeritus

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