The Year of Our Lord 2013

Bishop Events

April

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

2 Apr 58.8 Ordained Bishop Stephen Arthur Jensen Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

52.4 Installed Alexander King Sample Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA

62.5 Ordained Bishop David Prescott Talley Titular Bishop of Lambaesis Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

5 Apr 76.1 Retired Audrys Juozas Bačkis Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

68.0 Ordained Bishop Joseph Đình Đúc Đao Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam

51.5 Appointed Gintaras Linas Grušas Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

6 Apr 64.6 Installed Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne Bishop of Pontoise, France Bishop Emeritus

59.6 Appointed José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

59.6 Appointed José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain

51.1 Ordained Bishop Piotr Henryk Sawczuk Titular Bishop of Ottana Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland

77.7 Died Celso Yegros Estigarribia † Bishop Emeritus of Carapeguá, Paraguay

7 Apr 64.9 Installed Ilario Antoniazzi Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia Archbishop Emeritus

63.2 Ordained Bishop Augustine Cui Tai Coadjutor Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China Bishop

69.1 Installed John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan Cardinal-Priest of San Saturnino Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria

71.9 Installed Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B. Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France Bishop Emeritus

8 Apr 56.8 Ordained Bishop Gerardo Antonazzo Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy Bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy

52.9 Appointed Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista Bishop of Imus, Philippines

75.3 Retired Sotìr Ferrara † Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Bishop Emeritus

51.6 Appointed John Thomas Folda Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA

51.6 Confirmed Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop Emeritus

72.8 Resigned Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Michael Owen Jackels Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA Archbishop Emeritus

85.2 Died François-Wolff Ligondé † Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti

75.1 Appointed Paolo Romeo Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy

48.7 Appointed Brian Udaigwe Apostolic Nuncio to Benin Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

9 Apr 69.6 Died Luis Antonio Nova Rocha † Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia

10 Apr 90.6 Died Lorenzo Antonetti † Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See

90.3 Died Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany

11 Apr 61.9 Appointed Burchell Alexander McPherson Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles Bishop Emeritus

13 Apr 70.5 Appointed Giuseppe Bertello Member of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State

66.4 Appointed Aldo Cavalli Apostolic Nuncio to Libya Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)

79.6 Appointed Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt Member of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile

68.3 Appointed Oswald Gracias Member of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India

56.7 Appointed Léon Kalenga Badikebele † Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

59.5 Appointed Reinhard Marx Member of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany

73.5 Appointed Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya † Member of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

76.4 Retired Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo Bishop of Nsukka, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus

68.7 Appointed Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Member of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

56.6 Appointed Godfrey Igwebuike Onah Bishop of Nsukka, Nigeria

71.8 Appointed George Pell † Member of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy

58.8 Appointed Udumala Bala Showreddy Bishop of Warangal, India

70.2 Appointed Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Coordinator of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

65.3 Appointed Marcello Semeraro Secretary of the Council of Cardinals Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

14 Apr 70.0 Died Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y. † Bishop of El Banco, Colombia

53.0 Ordained Bishop Brendan Leahy Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

51.5 Ordained Bishop Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou Bishop of Moulins, France Bishop of Nantes, France

15 Apr 65.6 Appointed Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M. Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

75.3 Retired Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

16 Apr 50.4 Appointed Michael Wallace Banach Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

51.6 Resigned Santo Rocco Gangemi Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

51.6 Resigned Santo Rocco Gangemi Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia

80.1 Died Reinhard Lettmann † Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany

77.3 Died Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens † Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands

17 Apr 76.0 Retired Ad Abi Karam Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia Bishop Emeritus

46.5 Appointed Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. Apostolic Administrator of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina Bishop

46.5 Appointed Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M. Titular Bishop of Nomentum Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina

75.5 Retired Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L. Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina Bishop Emeritus

45.4 Appointed Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M. Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia

18 Apr 83.3 Died Peter Michael Chenaparampil † Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India

52.0 Appointed Đuro Hranić Archbishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia

75.8 Retired Walter Allison Hurley Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Bishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Marin Srakić Archbishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia Archbishop Emeritus

59.8 Appointed David John Walkowiak Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

19 Apr 62.0 Ordained Bishop Michel Christian Alain Aupetit Titular Bishop of Maxita Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France

39.4 Appointed Milan Lach, S.J. Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia

39.4 Appointed Milan Lach, S.J. Titular Bishop of Ostracine Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia

20 Apr 67.2 Ordained Bishop Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E. Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras Bishop Emeritus

52.9 Appointed Stanisław Jamrozek Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

52.9 Appointed Stanisław Jamrozek Titular Bishop of Chełm Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland

43.7 Ordained Bishop Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C. Titular Bishop of Ottocium Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia

65.3 Installed Mario Aurelio Poli Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

21 Apr 64.7 Installed Adelio Dell’Oro Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan

51.4 Ordained Bishop Eamon Martin Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland Archbishop

93.1 Died William Edward Murray † Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia

51.5 Ordained Bishop Urbain Ngassongo Bishop of Gamboma, Congo

23 Apr 85.8 Died José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M. † Bishop Emeritus of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México

51.5 Appointed Gintaras Linas Grušas Apostolic Administrator of Lithuania, Military Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

51.5 Installed Gintaras Linas Grušas Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania

24 Apr 55.7 Ordained Bishop Eugenio Coter Titular Bishop of Thibiuca Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia

58.7 Appointed Liro Vendelino Meurer Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

47.5 Appointed Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz † Apostolic Administrator of El Banco, Colombia Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia

58.7 Appointed Moacir Silva Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil

75.5 Retired José Clemente Weber Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

25 Apr 48.5 Ordained Bishop Robert Joseph Coyle Titular Bishop of Zabi Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA

56.1 Ordained Bishop Daniel Jodoin Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada

71.3 Resigned André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado † Archbishop of Besançon, France Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Fernando Torres Durán † Bishop of Chitré, Panama Bishop Emeritus

45.1 Appointed Rafael Valdivieso Miranda Bishop of Chitré, Panama

26 Apr 56.3 Appointed Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández † Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, Spain Bishop of Astorga, Spain

56.3 Appointed Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández † Titular Bishop of Nasai Bishop of Astorga, Spain

71.9 Resigned Zithulele Patrick Mvemve † Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

66.4 Installed Michele Pennisi Archbishop of Monreale, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

65.3 Appointed Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I. Apostolic Administrator of Klerksdorp, South Africa Archbishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa

27 Apr 50.7 Ordained Bishop Mirosław Adamczyk Titular Archbishop of Otriculum Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

46.3 Ordained Bishop Ettore Balestrero Titular Archbishop of Victoriana Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva

50.4 Ordained Bishop Michael Wallace Banach Titular Archbishop of Memphis Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary

96.8 Died Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China

47.2 Appointed Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo Bishop of Florencia, Colombia Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia

81.3 Died Joseph Peter O’Connell † Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia

95.3 Died Arthur Joseph O’Neill † Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA

48.7 Ordained Bishop Brian Udaigwe Titular Archbishop of Suelli Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

28 Apr 52.9 Ordained Bishop José Mário Scalon Angonese Titular Bishop of Giufi Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil

81.0 Died Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ramón, Peru

64.9 Ordained Bishop Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B. Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo Archbishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo

70.5 Installed Rubén Salazar Gómez Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia

29 Apr 85.3 Died Pietro Garlato † Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy

56.9 Died Patrick Taval, M.S.C. † Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea

30 Apr 49.7 Appointed Audilio Aguilar Aguilar Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama

75.7 Retired Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama Bishop Emeritus

87.6 Died Tito Buss † Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

64.7 Appointed Salvatore Visco Archbishop of Capua, Italy Archbishop Emeritus

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
2 Apr	58.8	Ordained Bishop	Stephen Arthur Jensen	Bishop of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
52.4	Installed	Alexander King Sample	Archbishop of Portland in Oregon, USA
62.5	Ordained Bishop	David Prescott Talley	Titular Bishop of Lambaesis	Bishop of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
5 Apr	76.1	Retired	Audrys Juozas Bačkis	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
68.0	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Đình Đúc Đao	Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala	Bishop Emeritus of Xuân Lộc, Viet Nam
51.5	Appointed	Gintaras Linas Grušas	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
6 Apr	64.6	Installed	Stanislas Marie Georges Jude Lalanne	Bishop of Pontoise, France	Bishop Emeritus
59.6	Appointed	José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.	Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life	Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
59.6	Appointed	José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M.	Titular Archbishop of Bellicastrum	Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, Spain
51.1	Ordained Bishop	Piotr Henryk Sawczuk	Titular Bishop of Ottana	Bishop of Drohiczyn, Poland
77.7	Died	Celso Yegros Estigarribia †	Bishop Emeritus of Carapeguá, Paraguay
7 Apr	64.9	Installed	Ilario Antoniazzi	Archbishop of Tunis, Tunisia	Archbishop Emeritus
63.2	Ordained Bishop	Augustine Cui Tai	Coadjutor Bishop of Xuanhua [Süanhwa], China	Bishop
69.1	Installed	John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan	Cardinal-Priest of San Saturnino	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, Nigeria
71.9	Installed	Jean Teyrouz, I.C.P.B.	Bishop of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris (Armenian), France	Bishop Emeritus
8 Apr	56.8	Ordained Bishop	Gerardo Antonazzo	Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy	Bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo, Italy
52.9	Appointed	Reynaldo Gonda Evangelista	Bishop of Imus, Philippines
75.3	Retired	Sotìr Ferrara †	Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Bishop Emeritus
51.6	Appointed	John Thomas Folda	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
51.6	Confirmed	Kamal Fahim Awad (Boutros) Hanna	Bishop of Minya {Ermopoli Maggiore; Minieh} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop Emeritus
72.8	Resigned	Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B.	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Michael Owen Jackels	Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA	Archbishop Emeritus
85.2	Died	François-Wolff Ligondé †	Archbishop Emeritus of Port-au-Prince, Haïti
75.1	Appointed	Paolo Romeo	Apostolic Administrator of Piana degli Albanesi (Italo-Albanese), Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Palermo, Italy
48.7	Appointed	Brian Udaigwe	Apostolic Nuncio to Benin	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
9 Apr	69.6	Died	Luis Antonio Nova Rocha †	Bishop of Facatativá, Colombia
10 Apr	90.6	Died	Lorenzo Antonetti †	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
90.3	Died	Bernhard Rieger, P. Schönstatt †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany
11 Apr	61.9	Appointed	Burchell Alexander McPherson	Bishop of Montego Bay, Jamaica, Antilles	Bishop Emeritus
13 Apr	70.5	Appointed	Giuseppe Bertello	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
66.4	Appointed	Aldo Cavalli	Apostolic Nuncio to Libya	Apostolic Visitor (Visitator)
79.6	Appointed	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, P. Schönstatt	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
68.3	Appointed	Oswald Gracias	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay, India
56.7	Appointed	Léon Kalenga Badikebele †	Apostolic Nuncio to Belize, Antilles	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
59.5	Appointed	Reinhard Marx	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
73.5	Appointed	Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya †	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
76.4	Retired	Francis Emmanuel Ogbonna Okobo	Bishop of Nsukka, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus
68.7	Appointed	Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
56.6	Appointed	Godfrey Igwebuike Onah	Bishop of Nsukka, Nigeria
71.8	Appointed	George Pell †	Member of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Secretariat for the Economy
58.8	Appointed	Udumala Bala Showreddy	Bishop of Warangal, India
70.2	Appointed	Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.	Coordinator of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
65.3	Appointed	Marcello Semeraro	Secretary of the Council of Cardinals	Cardinal, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints
14 Apr	70.0	Died	Jaime Enrique Duque Correa, M.X.Y. †	Bishop of El Banco, Colombia
53.0	Ordained Bishop	Brendan Leahy	Bishop of Limerick, Ireland
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Laurent Jean Lucien Marie Percerou	Bishop of Moulins, France	Bishop of Nantes, France
15 Apr	65.6	Appointed	Georges Abou Khazen, O.F.M.	Apostolic Administrator of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
75.3	Retired	Giuseppe Nazzaro, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Alep [Beroea, Halab], Syria	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
16 Apr	50.4	Appointed	Michael Wallace Banach	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
51.6	Resigned	Santo Rocco Gangemi	Apostolic Nuncio to Solomon Islands	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
51.6	Resigned	Santo Rocco Gangemi	Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea	Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia
80.1	Died	Reinhard Lettmann †	Bishop Emeritus of Münster, Germany
77.3	Died	Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens †	Bishop Emeritus of Breda, Netherlands
17 Apr	76.0	Retired	Ad Abi Karam	Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia	Bishop Emeritus
46.5	Appointed	Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M.	Apostolic Administrator of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina	Bishop
46.5	Appointed	Juan Habib Chamieh, O.M.M.	Titular Bishop of Nomentum	Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina
75.5	Retired	Charbel Georges Merhi, M.L.	Bishop of San Charbel en Buenos Aires (Maronite), Argentina	Bishop Emeritus
45.4	Appointed	Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, O.L.M.	Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney (Maronite), Australia
18 Apr	83.3	Died	Peter Michael Chenaparampil †	Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
52.0	Appointed	Đuro Hranić	Archbishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia
75.8	Retired	Walter Allison Hurley	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA	Bishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Marin Srakić	Archbishop of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
59.8	Appointed	David John Walkowiak	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
19 Apr	62.0	Ordained Bishop	Michel Christian Alain Aupetit	Titular Bishop of Maxita	Archbishop Emeritus of Paris, France
39.4	Appointed	Milan Lach, S.J.	Auxiliary Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovak), Slovakia	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
39.4	Appointed	Milan Lach, S.J.	Titular Bishop of Ostracine	Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (Slovak), Slovakia
20 Apr	67.2	Ordained Bishop	Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E.	Bishop of Choluteca, Honduras	Bishop Emeritus
52.9	Appointed	Stanisław Jamrozek	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
52.9	Appointed	Stanisław Jamrozek	Titular Bishop of Chełm	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
43.7	Ordained Bishop	Joaquín Humberto Pinzón Güiza, I.M.C.	Titular Bishop of Ottocium	Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano, Colombia
65.3	Installed	Mario Aurelio Poli	Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
21 Apr	64.7	Installed	Adelio Dell’Oro	Apostolic Administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan	Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan
51.4	Ordained Bishop	Eamon Martin	Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland	Archbishop
93.1	Died	William Edward Murray †	Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, Australia
51.5	Ordained Bishop	Urbain Ngassongo	Bishop of Gamboma, Congo
23 Apr	85.8	Died	José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, M.N.M. †	Bishop Emeritus of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, México
51.5	Appointed	Gintaras Linas Grušas	Apostolic Administrator of Lithuania, Military	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
51.5	Installed	Gintaras Linas Grušas	Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
24 Apr	55.7	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Coter	Titular Bishop of Thibiuca	Vicar Apostolic of Pando, Bolivia
58.7	Appointed	Liro Vendelino Meurer	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
47.5	Appointed	Luis Gabriel Ramírez Díaz †	Apostolic Administrator of El Banco, Colombia	Bishop of Ocaña, Colombia
58.7	Appointed	Moacir Silva	Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
75.5	Retired	José Clemente Weber	Bishop of Santo Ângelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
25 Apr	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Robert Joseph Coyle	Titular Bishop of Zabi	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, USA
56.1	Ordained Bishop	Daniel Jodoin	Bishop of Bathurst in Canada, New Brunswick	Bishop of Nicolet, Québec, Canada
71.3	Resigned	André Jean René Lacrampe, Ist. del Prado †	Archbishop of Besançon, France	Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Fernando Torres Durán †	Bishop of Chitré, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
45.1	Appointed	Rafael Valdivieso Miranda	Bishop of Chitré, Panama
26 Apr	56.3	Appointed	Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oviedo, Spain	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
56.3	Appointed	Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández †	Titular Bishop of Nasai	Bishop of Astorga, Spain
71.9	Resigned	Zithulele Patrick Mvemve †	Bishop of Klerksdorp, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
66.4	Installed	Michele Pennisi	Archbishop of Monreale, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
65.3	Appointed	Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I.	Apostolic Administrator of Klerksdorp, South Africa	Archbishop Emeritus of Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Apr	50.7	Ordained Bishop	Mirosław Adamczyk	Titular Archbishop of Otriculum	Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
46.3	Ordained Bishop	Ettore Balestrero	Titular Archbishop of Victoriana	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Geneva
50.4	Ordained Bishop	Michael Wallace Banach	Titular Archbishop of Memphis	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
96.8	Died	Aloysius Jin Lu-xian, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
47.2	Appointed	Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo	Bishop of Florencia, Colombia	Archbishop of Florencia, Colombia
81.3	Died	Joseph Peter O’Connell †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, Australia
95.3	Died	Arthur Joseph O’Neill †	Bishop Emeritus of Rockford, Illinois, USA
48.7	Ordained Bishop	Brian Udaigwe	Titular Archbishop of Suelli	Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka
28 Apr	52.9	Ordained Bishop	José Mário Scalon Angonese	Titular Bishop of Giufi	Archbishop of Cascavel, Parana, Brazil
81.0	Died	Julio Ojeda Pascual, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of San Ramón, Peru
64.9	Ordained Bishop	Miguel Ángel Olaverri Arroniz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Pointe-Noire, Congo	Archbishop Emeritus of Pointe-Noire, Congo
70.5	Installed	Rubén Salazar Gómez	Cardinal-Priest of San Gerardo Maiella	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bogotá, Colombia
29 Apr	85.3	Died	Pietro Garlato †	Bishop Emeritus of Tivoli, Italy
56.9	Died	Patrick Taval, M.S.C. †	Bishop of Kerema, Papua New Guinea
30 Apr	49.7	Appointed	Audilio Aguilar Aguilar	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama
75.7	Retired	Oscar Mario Brown Jiménez	Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas, Panama	Bishop Emeritus
87.6	Died	Tito Buss †	Bishop Emeritus of Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
64.7	Appointed	Salvatore Visco	Archbishop of Capua, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus

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